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	<title>I cant believe its not better</title>
	<link>http://blog.sammonds.com</link>
	<description>Whats it all about ? Its about time, thats what.</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>A year further on &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.sammonds.com/2008/11/20/a-year-further-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Well we&#8217;ve made it past our first year here in New Zealand at last and have to say it&#8217;s been a pretty good year, all in all.
We arrived here in the middle of October and we have managed to:
buy monster truck to play in the snow
take a couple of weekends skiing, just a short drive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sumner in the winter</title>
		<link>http://blog.sammonds.com/2008/08/22/sumner-in-the-winter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Nope, it&#8217;s not a typo. Sumner is one of the costal &#8220;suburbs&#8221; of Christchurch and very nice it is too.
This little bunch of snaps were taken on the 22nd August, and that&#8217;s the last week of winter here, give or take a day or two. Spring officially makes it&#8217;s grand entrance on the 1st of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parrots of the Caribbean</title>
		<link>http://blog.sammonds.com/2008/08/09/parrots-of-the-caribbean/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Too many choices for this little batch of photographic nonsense, but &#8220;Parrots of the Caribbean&#8221; wins it over &#8220;Are you lookin&#8217; at my bird?&#8221;, but only just. It&#8217;s stretching the point a bit, given that there&#8217;s a hint of snow in the background (it&#8217;s about two meters deep, as it happens), but why spoil the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Work is a four letter word, IV</title>
		<link>http://blog.sammonds.com/2008/08/09/work-is-a-four-letter-word-iv/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 06:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the great things about where I work is the journey to and home again. Actually, it&#8217;s by far the best thing about the job, but let&#8217;s not get started, eh?
I drive North to work, South to return home. To the East, we have the Port Hills and in front of that there&#8217;s fields, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Skiwis &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.sammonds.com/2008/08/09/skiwis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 06:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jon</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[July 2008]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know how long it will take for it to seem right to be skiing in July or August, even though we experienced some particularly crappy weather in the UK during what we used to call the summer time, but for now, winter seems to be at the wrong time of year. The matter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Slow Cookin&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.sammonds.com/2008/06/30/slow-cookin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jon</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[June 2008]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ah, the Cook Islands &#8230; great climate, nice people, nice beaches but way too far to get to from the UK.
Just four hours from New Zealand - marvellous!
Just back from a week spent blobbing out on the wonderful beaches and can&#8217;t wait to go back - and we will be back, but for longer next [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winter Weather and Jack Frost</title>
		<link>http://blog.sammonds.com/2008/06/15/winter-weather-and-jack-frost/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.sammonds.com/2008/06/15/winter-weather-and-jack-frost/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 07:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jon</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[June 2008]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So, where the bloody hell are you then?
I was warned that the winters down South were going to be pretty cold and expected to be up to my testicles in snow for half of the year. The truth is a little different - lowland Canterbury (the plains in other words) gets frost overnight but only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Wild West</title>
		<link>http://blog.sammonds.com/2008/04/15/the-wild-west/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jon</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[April 2008]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So, we&#8217;re back from the West Coast and we miss it already.
After heading out of Christchurch - and when is that not a good feeling - towards Arthur&#8217;s Pass, things started to look up. The weather was gloomier than a wet weekend in Bognor but that&#8217;s usually a good sign if you&#8217;re crossing the Alps. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time flies by when you&#8217;re a driver of a train</title>
		<link>http://blog.sammonds.com/2008/04/07/time-flies-by-when-youre-a-driver-of-a-train/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.sammonds.com/2008/04/07/time-flies-by-when-youre-a-driver-of-a-train/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jon</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[April 2008]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sadly, I&#8217;m not a driver of a train. For those who may have missed the reference, there&#8217;s an educational video for you on YouTube.
Almost two months since I last wrote anything meaningful and that&#8217;s a sorry state of affairs, and something that I will put right as we wait for the dinner to cook. Fish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Work is a four letter word, III</title>
		<link>http://blog.sammonds.com/2008/02/11/work-is-a-four-letter-word-iii/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.sammonds.com/2008/02/11/work-is-a-four-letter-word-iii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jon</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[February 2008]]></category>

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