Weekend was good.. Friday out with the work crowd, great fun. Beginning to think moving here was one of the better moves I’ve made over here. Saturday was tramping, up and heading Kaikoura direction at the ungodly hour of 7am(up at 6:20 – this is too early for a Sat morning!) The tramp this time was – well – average. Mainly because the wind was hellishly strong. Really not sure how fast it was, but it’s by far and away the strongest wind I’ve ever walked in, really physically pushed back down the path when the gusts came. That coupled with a sorta scree / stones whipping all around the place, wasn’t so much fun. I was quite happy I was wearing trousers instead of the usual polypro and shorts.
You can see in this pic the waves that were formed on this wee lake. Tiny lake, big waves.
mind you, there was a purty view too.
Then out for a couple of pitchers in The Dux a pretty nice local pub which brews its own beer and often has live gigs.
Sunday, quite lazy, though did get a bunch of stuff done, including joining the library at long last. Made a complete fool of myself asking whether they had subdivided the fiction section into non and science fiction rather than just fiction. The helpfull assistant looked at me like I had at least 3 heads but no brain. Been far too long since I’ve been into a library not to look for academic books.. In my defense (not that it is one) the sign on the board just had ‘fiction’ on it. Ok. Bad excuse. Ah well. Aaaanyway, what else, bouldering, bought wrist guards for boarding (most important apparently) and found the bus schedule so it’s all go. Then out to see Elephant which was a film – just exploring high school massacres like Columbine. Not something I need to see again, possibly slightly too arty for me.. afriad I’m just looking forward to the next Harry Potter. This link from the BBC is about Harry getting mobbed by thousands of screaming fans at the launch in New York. His quote was perfect
“It’s astonishing – it’s really, really, really scary but it’s brilliant,” the 14-year-old enthused.
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