On Tuesday Wendy and I went with the three youngest and a friend to the Tangoio Walkway about 10 minutes North of Napier on the Gisborne road. It was a very warm, though quite dull, afternoon but the children had a wonderful time in the pool and then whilst Wendy and I and Catriona walked up to the falls lookout (quite a steep and muddy walk) the boys did things that boys have always done in the stream leading from the pool ie made a dam and a fort and a lot of noise and so on.
We may be apart but when I look at the sky and remember that we are standing on the same earth, looking at the same moon, somehow you don't seem so far away after all.
Life
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Wow, what a super spot.
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The times were about right for a 64 year old not particularly fit chap with an arthritic knee who can walk reasonably quickly.
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