It took me a while to find you Gordon, pausing at what I considered appropriate places.  But here you are, recognisable from your "tattoos" plus you are holding a camera

Thanks Albert.  An unusually blue sky for UK?

Britain hadn't gone decimal when I left in Dec 1970.  So I'm familiar with the old currency.  NZ was already decimal with a dollar being the old ten shillings.  Old coins were still in use for years for example a shilling coin was now ten cents, sixpence 5 cents etc.

Had William said his expressions related to currency I would have instantly known.  I had a suspicion that was what he was referring to.

Thanks William.  We had been wondering if that was the situation.

The Product key is for activating your PP.  The registration key is for the optional registration.  They are totally different.

Thanks Paul.  I had a look at Stockholm on Google maps after viewing it.  I see what you mean about the islands.  I wonder how Stockholm will cope with our expected sea level rise?

Thanks Albert.  Yes it's new. 

Hail is uncommon for Auckland, at least where I live.  It hailed on the morning of the trip to the Wintergarden but by the afternoon the weather had improved as you could see.  A few days later it hailed again so I quickly grabbed my camera and shot it from my balcony which is one floor up.

Further down on the volcanic plateau skifields have had some of their best snow for years.

Thanks Albert/Steve.  You've been quiet lately.

I noticed several artists painting. Was there something special on when you visited?

There's no audio Tom.  Is there meant to be?

Gordon - A subject for an interesting video?  You could include something about your local area which presumably also has history.  Or perhaps you already have such a video?

Recent news items have mentioned the high temperatures in parts of Europe.   I gather this includes Spain.  Speaking to my brother in South London last Saturday he told me they have not had high temps.

I was looking at a friend's young great grandchildren today and thinking that I was once young like them.  Then I thought what will the world be like when they reach my age (I'm 81 in a few days).  Probably in a worse mess than it is now.