The almost 4 Km Veronica Loop Track at North Egmont National Park took me a bit over 2 hours and left me beyond knackered! The first half was steps all the way up. The second was tricky track. 211 metres elevation gain! Amazing though.
They’re serious about not letting dogs into Egmont National Park. 🐶
You get the best views from half way up the mountain at 1150 metres (probably, if it’s not pouring with rain).
I was hoping to walk a couple of 1–4 Km trails today at Egmont National Park, Te Papakura o Taranaki. However, this region’s under a Heavy Rain Warning and my plans have switched to visiting a couple of cafes and relaxing.
Mountain shaped ginger chicken at Siam Thai restaurant in New Plymouth. Super delicious.
Taranaki mounga is enormous! Very imposing from the surrounding countryside.
Here’s one of our friendly neighbourhood horses enjoying the warmth of dark ground on a chilly morning.
The first episode of CW ☛ Naomi was very interesting and enjoyable. Thanks to Winding up season 1 of Naomi - Old Ain’t Dead for cluing me in to the show. I thought I was bored with superheroes, but I’ll be watching more of this one. 📺
I have a rare holiday coming up: 4 days visiting Egmont National Park for some short walks, sightseeing and photos. Guess I’d better pack rain gear. 😒
Sasha, still under the influence of post-surgery opiates. 🐶
I’ve been a little on tenterhooks this morning as Sasha went in for dental surgery. The vet says all’s well. She took out 14 teeth! which leaves Sasha with 10. Dogs start out with 42. Soft food from now on though. Not bad for 15 and a half. 🐶
Hah! Picard S02E09: “We have to super urgently go there and do that. We’ll just stop every couple of minutes and explore our feelings for a while…” (paraphrase)
This is why I can’t donate blood:
perhaps you lived in the UK during the 1980s and 1990s so you’re at risk for passing on bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease.
Via: Why has the ‘gay blood ban’ still not been lifted in New Zealand?.
It took a rather ridiculous and surprisingly exhausting 2 hours to assemble this garden cart today. Trundles nicely though.
A flock of about 20 cyclists went past while I was walking Sasha this morning. About 20 older people enjoying the fresh air. 🚴🏼
Interesting short video. Ever wondered what happens to milk at the factory?:
In this video, Glen explains what happens to milk at the factory. He takes us through the process and explains what is pasteurisation, homogenisation, standardisation and permeate.
The Tīrairaka, New Zealand fantail is a tricky bird to photograph and I’m still on a quest to get excellent photos. It flitters and flutters and is so fast! 🐦
It may be 3 months since Oshi passed away, but Sasha has finally stepped into his ‘shoes’ with the ‘it’s dinnertime’ sit-in. And it will be dinnertime, in about an hour. Sigh 🐶
I was trying to take photos of the elusive fantails who were flittering just outside the window. What I did get were these European Goldfinches, with their bright scarlet faces. 🐦
