The Star: June 07, 2018

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Mountain
bike tracks
to stay or go?
• By Sarla Donovan
AN UPDATED development
plan for Lyttelton’s Urumau
Reserve has been rejected for
the second time.
The sticking point is whether
some mountain bike tracks in
the reserve should be removed
or retained.
The Banks Peninsula Community
Board first considered
the plan in April but sought
clarification on the legality and
compliance of tracks within the
reserve.
A new report presented to the
board said the tracks complied
with design guidelines and
standards, caused no increased
sedimentation run-off, and
avoided native planting sites as
much as possible.
But the board again backed
away from adopting the plan
and has asked the committee
to meet with an independent
facilitator to decide whether to
close any tracks before the plan
is adopted.
The tracks can only be removed
by the board as part of
the development plan process
and before final adoption.
Give your home a makeover
Shelley Robinson counts
down to the Star Media
Home & Leisure Show.
Follow her over the
next two weeks as she
previews what will be
on offer
I WAS sitting fully clothed
in the shower, water seeping
through the butt of my trackies
when it happened.
No not a mid-life incontinence
problem, but good to know I
have that to look forward to.
I was doing battle once again
against the patches of black
mold in the shower, years in the
making from previous tenants.
And it was – as it was prone
to do – giving me all sorts of attitude
back.
“Ah”, it winked at me, “I see
you are trying once again with
some heavy duty chemical to be
rid of me. But no, I’m sticking
around like the regrets of that
terrible ex-boyfriend from your
20s.”
That was the moment.
I was sick of wearing a woollen
hat to bed in winter, sick of the
cold eating through four layers
of clothing.
I had once been one of those
very smug people. You may
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recognise the description.
While my friends twisted
their hands in anxiety over their
mortgage, I sat in my chair smug
that not I, no never, would get a
mortgage. I was a renter for life.
No strings attached, thanks all
the same.
But that mould broke me. So,
I held out my hands and allowed
the chains to be applied and
bought a house. And felt more
freer than I ever had.
I still have a lot of work to do
on my circa 1910s villa. Now
don’t make that face, it has five
bedrooms, two of which
are attic studies where my
books and I happily spend
our weekends.
And with myself as the
purchaser, it was all I could
afford.
I get on the ladder, and
knees knocking, patch-up
my roof with some magic
tape tar stuff I bought from
Mitre 10.
I installed a Shower
Dome at Easter (actually
that’s a lie. I watched my Pa
install it, but I did give him
our best imported French
fig jam with the hot-cross
buns).
I am now at the stage
where I know what I want,
sort of, but get quite frightened
by the choice online.
I bookmark pages, save
pins but can never remember
where and what it was. I
just want to take my house
photos to someone and get
it all addressed in one place.
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