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Another day in Wanganui 23rd May
Hi all, Late start good lay in after a hectic night in gypo bar (not) Cold night last night freezing when we came out of the bar so being the gent I am, I sent BC to the Chinese whilst I went back and put the heat on in the bus and warm the plates, well no need both of us being out in the cold was there. She returned with a 10 dollar special, thought she had been working, lol, this came out as 3 fish,4 scallops, sack of chips and god knows ...
The Tongariro Crossing
... to each other as we were practically knocked over by the blustering and ever-increasing winds, searching for an elusive redeeming view of the emerald lake that was completely hidden by the fog. Yet, whenever Quincy asked us how we were doing, we'd smile and lie and mention how beautiful the walk was... and it was, really. Despite the weather, we were surrounded by unmatched otherworldly scenery.
Now ...
Yet Another Road to Nowhere!!
... cable ways to get to their houses!!! A bugger if you run out of milk though!! We ended up finding a rest stop just off the river road so we had a very peaceful night there.
We drove in to Wanganui the next day where we had breakfast and got ready. We then drove on to Mount Egmont National Park. Once again we were going to do some walking but when we ...
The Untrodden Path
... area of the country and expertise. This is what brought us into Marton, a largish rural community smack bang in the middle of nowhere in central south west north island. Certainly not a well visited part of the tourist trail and arguably not even on that trail. It was sold to me by our host on the basis that I might well be the first English woman to have graced it's streets since it was originally settled - probably some what of an ...
Wandering round Wangi
... up a tower to get an even better view, and work out the legs some more. Once at the bottom of the hill again, we spotted Gill and Graham on the terrace of a nice little pub and joined them for a cheeky beverage before continuing on.
Our walk took us through a couple of parks and up to the war memorial and cultural memorial, a spiralling sculpture that you could walk round, adorned with a variety of handprints from all ages and cultures, ...