KiwiJohn

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Retired, trying to give an independent perspective from 'down-under' in Aotearoa 🇳🇿.
Avid backpacker, sectionally attempting to complete the Te Araroa trail.
Happily married to a wonderful Irish woman, and father of two beautiful grown-up girls.

#hiking #backpacking #history #walking #NewZealand #Schweiz #wildcamping #Ireland

Show threadKiwiJohnJul 12, 2023
@Alex_Verbeek Go well, Alex. I'm starting my Camino on the 26th of August!
Show threadKiwiJohnJul 11, 2023
@andrewbriscoe Hi, Andrew. Do you know if Permethrin is effective against bed-bugs?
Show threadKiwiJohnJul 10, 2023
@ocparkbuilder Melanie, I have probably done 52 hikes already. But, I am starting the most important hike next month...........The Camino de Compostella.
Should be interesting! 🇳🇿😎
KiwiJohnJun 6, 2023
Dave MarkJun 3, 2023

Beatles fan?

Excerpt from Paul McCartney's look back at the very early Beatles days (1960s), with lots of pictures.

Great read, big nostalgia.. ❤️

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jun/03/suddenly-we-were-in-wonderland-paul-mccartney-on-his-lost-photos-of-beatlemania

#TheBeatles #Photography

‘Suddenly, we were in Wonderland’: Paul McCartney on his lost photos of Beatlemania

The pictures the singer took of his friends and bandmates give a Beatle’s-eye view of the mania around the band in 1964. Seen here for the first time, these extraordinary behind-the-scenes moments capture four young men on the brink of immortality

The Guardian
Show threadKiwiJohnMay 31, 2023
@sdosremedios Well done, Steven. I start my Camino on the 26th of August. Buen Camino 😎.
Show threadKiwiJohnMay 21, 2023
@Palky55 Go well, David. I am starting my Camino on the 26th of August. Can't wait!🇳🇿🇪🇸
Show threadKiwiJohnMay 21, 2023
@prinaldi I am starting my Camino on the 26th of August from St Jean-Pied-de-Port.
Show threadKiwiJohnFeb 24, 2023
@nickbwalking Well done, Nick. I'm starting on the 25th of August. Can't wait!
KiwiJohnFeb 12, 2023
Brothers on the Queen Charlotte Track last month. 🇳🇿#backpacking #hiking
KiwiJohnFeb 6, 2023
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/feb/05/life-on-the-edge-meet-the-man-who-walked-around-the-uk?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Life on the edge: meet the man who walked around the UK

Facing financial ruin, the former paratrooper set out on a six-year, 11,000-mile trek around our entire coastline. It changed his life in more ways than he could possibly imagine. By Ella Braidwood

The Guardian