You may be able to tell from the slumped over figure of my 8 year old nephew Noah that we did not have fully excited and enthusiastic participates at the start of this walk. However, Bennett demonstrates he is not all teen as he lets his Aunty hug him in public.
The mood of our walking companions improved with time and the appearance of "caves" (there were some bigger ones than this but I like how excited they were by just the smallest of gaps)
and banks to climb and steps that started nowhere and went nowhere - I guess these steps were there for a reason at some point?
All in all it was a wonderful way to spend the afternoon, and it cost nothing! Hooray for cheap family bonding! here I am at the end of the walk - all victorious.
What's the little boy in the distance in the first photo doing? Semaphore? Singing 'The Star Spangled Banner'?
ReplyDeleteThat is my nephew Luka - it is an odd choice of pose, I have no explanation what so ever
ReplyDeleteI've done that walk a couple of times recently. Yep, walks are great.
ReplyDeleteI've never tried thst walk before. Where does it start?
ReplyDeleteIt looks pleasantly smooth (I cannot risk my beloved's back getting jarred, she'd end up in bed for a week)and not too difficult.
Isn't it funny how the kids don't want to do something at the start, then accept it a bit grudgingly, then forget completely that they didn't want to do it at all?
You start on the beach with the Wahine memorial.
ReplyDeleteThank you Richard[of RBB].
ReplyDeleteIt is gratifying to see that some people actually read this blog. Fflur doesn't seem to have done so.
Fflur did do so, but she could not remember exactly where other than that we drove to Seatoun - I was planning to look it up and get back to you but Richard bet me to it.
ReplyDeleteSorry.
ReplyDeleteSometimes I forget what a grumpy, bad tempered bastard I can be.
Sorry.