The Eastbourne Supremacy

It was a nice hot day over in Eastbourne, and as you can see, very, windy

Or in German , Vindy

Nadine having conquered a small patch of Eastbourne

This lighthouse was the first ever built in NZ. Must have been pretty cold,

miserable and lonely there. Two families shared the job.

We then took a wee trip around Lake Kohangapiripiri, pictured above.

Akatarawa River Run

Jamie, Mick and Me headed out on a mission to explore

a part of the Akatarawa river that looked like it gorged up pretty nicely.

The river was beautiful and calm, with eels sunning themselves

in sunlit pools. Then we came along!

Jamie and Mick entering a pool - by getting them to go first, I could

suss out how to avoid the deep bits ;-)

Jamie attempting to climb around this one. Shortly afterwards, he gave up

and jumped in. This one was a bit of a swim section.

More wading. This is nearly the last picture my old camera ever took.

Apparently it was weatherproof, not waterproof. You wonder how one

tiny word could make all that difference.

After this, we emerged from the gorge section and climbed back up a ridge

and headed south-west back to Bulls Run road.

Run up Mt Matthews

Went for run up Mt Matthews on Sunday. It's pretty wild up there.

This is the saddle halfway up.
There's a 8km run in, then a steep, steep scramble up to the top (about 800m direct climb up.

Looking down a very steep cutaway. Not a nice place for picnic unless you are a goat.
There's no pic of the top, but if you like you can recreate what I saw by putting a piece of paper in front of your face and staring at really hard.

Run took 4:18.

Karipoti Fun

Before.

It had just rained heavily overnight. I was ready.

And we're off! This is the Masters (Apparently I'm a master).

As the commentator described it, we're not quite kaput, but we're past our best.

After. Gritty mud under your eyelids is not so fun.

Ken finished only 20 mins after me, and he's only got one wheel!!