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Ladles and jelly spoons, deepest apologies, for we might be a tad intermittent, a touch irregular with posts over the next few days.
You see I fly this evening to spend a few days in Christchurch, which is where I was brought up, and where my delusions of grandeur must have began. Christchurch itself seems to me to be founded on delusions – or at the very least on a dream. An Edwardian reverie of distant England, remembered through a rose-tinted lens. And what, prey tell me, is wrong with that?
At sunset on a summer’s evening watching the punts drift down the River Avon, or sunrise in Hagley Park on a frosty day in Spring, it’s hard not to be taken in by the vision.
In any case, for the next few days I’ll be spending some time en famille in Christchurch, before flying back to wretched bloody Auckland for a night, and then at last I’m Beirut bound. À bientôt! I will post as and when I can for the next few days. Do try and behave yourselves in my absence.
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It may seem an odd occupation for a globe-trotting, nightlife loving bachelor, but over the last few months, I’ve been writing a children’s book called The wild cats of Piran. It’s about a colony of feral cats who live in a small medieval town on the Adriatic sea. The book is intended to appeal to very bright 9 year olds and up. The sort of thing a bookish, cat loving adult could enjoy whipping through in a long afternoon sitting in a snug armchair by an open fire. A great believer in letting the work speak for itself, if you’re at all interested, I suggest you contact the author directly, 
Safe travels, JSH! Can’t wait to read about your new adventures.
With opinion among my family, friends and peers divided evenly between thinking I must have gone barking mad, and that it is a splendid opportunity, I guess I’d have to agree this really does fall under the category of an adventure. I’ll be keeping you all posted alright! Cheers, and thank you.
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