Sign of the times

On Saturday, November 4, I attended Nelson North’s 80th birthday party at Oak Tree Cottage near Seddon. Nelson North, in case you didn’t know, designed the famous and ubiquitous Norski toilet that provides convenient facilities at otherwise inconvenient places in the Marlborough back country and beyond.

Forty-four invited friends enjoyed afternoon tea with Nelson and Bev in Oak Tree Cottage’s old world garden. I take my hat off to Russell and Nicola Kerslake for their phoenix-like rise from the ashes (or I should say rubble) after