Had a lovely weekend. Started on the Friday with a trip to see an excellent band play (Trinity Roots). They were excellent, and played for 3 hours straight. I think I was more knackered at the end of it than they were. Honestly, this continuous learning & holiday thing really takes it out of one ;)
Saturday Maaike had some kayaking on?! I think?.. honestly it all fades so quickly! But I headed to close to Akaroa and hung out with Shelly and some of her friends at her parents place. They’d collected mussels in the kayaks so we had a delicious dinner.
On the Sunday went for a paddle out in the sea. It was flat calm heading out..
.. but the wind really got up for the way back and there were some decent waves. I was actually a little scared.. there were just two of us on the way back – and neither of us could have properly rescued the other (I think).. and I’m not sure what my roll would have been up to. Time to get some more practice in.. fun and bleedin’ games! I was *very* happy to reach shore again. I’m sure it was perfectly safe, but yeah.. I definitely found it a little scary.
Anyway, Shelly’s parents have sold their farm and bought (well, are building) out on the peninsula. It’s a beautiful place – this is the view from their front door. Completely stunning.
Had a lovely time (except for the scary bits)! Thanks Shelly!
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