Can it only happen in New Zealand? Colours are the smiles of nature. Why was the 77 year old driving her SUV in a sedate pace around the streets of Martinborough on a Friday morning at 08.55 with ear protectors on. Bob Marley wasn’t blaring out of her sub woofers, “every little things going to be alright”. Mick Jagger hadn’t just bought residency and was doing a spontaneous concert in the square and it was long past being snuggled up to a partner who snored like a seal stuck in a Swiss mountain horn. It was nothing more than her dog was barking and of course at that age protecting your ears from high volumes is essential. No one worries that she can’t hear traffic. I expect next time I see her she’ll have her eye shades on, snaffled from her last flight from Hawaii, because the sun has risen. Safety is more important than getting there. Martinborough, our nearest ‘town’, well micro village, but I suppose it depends where you come from, po...
