Misc: Turkeys and an adventure race

Had a quick trip out to Mike & Heathers to help them move into their house. I wasn’t the best photo taker that weekend – but was quite captivated by the turkeys (they have lots now)… and the fact that turkeys *love* bananas. Fair enough too I say.

Also filled in at the last minute on an Adventure Race up at Anakiwa (the home of Outward Bound). Again, very bad at taking photographs, especially this time as I’d left my camera at home .. makes it very hard. Went up with Andrew & Gabrielle from my Outward Bound course, and met up with another, Mike, there.. it was a pretty savage course really:

The first leg (reddish) was the kayaking.. 8k? Then the blue mtb leg (going from sea level up to 700m) then a run. Gabrielle and I were “short coursed” as we didn’t make it back after the mtb leg in time to do the full run. Good thing too.. I was knackered (most people were cut off).

After the race, met up with Viv and Chee (our instructors)… lovely to see them of course, but odd now that the master-slave-student relationship is altered ;) Also tended our Ake-Ake tree which was planeted (a root of which is pictured with Seamus – who has returned)

Mike B, who is a savage, the next morning (i.e. after the long adventure race) went and did a 1/2 Triathlon. Mad

Anyway, had a lovely weekend – good to get me away from the computer and Snowpool all weekend!