Just wanted to show how beautiful Upper Hutt can be, particularly in the early morning light; all photos taken on the mobile phone during dog walks this year.
Did someone say “Walkies?!” 
Pride in Upper Hutt 
Hutt River 
Moonshine Park 
Boris Johnson struggles with umbrella at police memorial
Who knew Boris had such great comedy timing? Definitely in line to replace Mr Bean when he leaves No. 10.
Insomnia Sucks.
10.30pm – puts on bedside radio with sleep timer, falls asleep during first song.
12am – wake up needing the loo. Familiar, dreaded feeling of wakefulness. Brain has woken up. Trying to drag self down into unconscuousness is like pushing a cork beneath the surface of water.
12.30am – finished reading the interesting parts of the Internet, picks up a random book and stares at some pages hoping eyes will get heavy.
1am – gets peckish and raids the fridge for a glass of milk and some biscuits. Remembers the R Whites lemonade ad, then recalls that Elvis Costello’s Dad wrote the jingle. Useless trivia filling brain.
1.30am – if I fall asleep now I can still get 6 hours of sleep. Why is my right leg aching just above the knee?I haven’t injured it or walked a lot today. Great, something else starting to break down.
2.15am – bollocks. Loo again. Where the hell is all this water coming from? Getting a dull headache from tiredness. Try another podcast to fall asleep.
3.20am – if I fall asleep now I can still get 4 hours sleep. Why is the house making so much noise? Wooden Kiwi houses creak and groan constantly, should have gotten used to that after 15 years.
3.30am – writing blog post about how insomnia sucks on phone. I can forget about getting a full day’s work in tomorrow, I know from experience I will manage to do about 3 hours work then the brain will pack in until I have been for a nap. It will wait until the bin vans and lawn mowers are at peak noise then decide it wants to sleep. The bastard.
Insomnia sucks.
3.30am – right, one more trip to the toilet then I’m putting on a particularly boring podcast. If I fall asleep now I might get zzzzzzz
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