To Christchurch
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Thu 17 Jul 2014 22:57
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To
Christchurch
  After our late night, it was a slow
start this morning. A sprinkling of snow on the mountains and our breath causing
clouds on the way to ablute. Is it the Spa Bath then, I asked almost sheepishly.
To be honest if Bear really wanted to go I would have been brave, hired big
towels and not got wet above the neck, but the thought of standing up in the
freezing air was a minus figure on my bucket list. No,
it will be too harsh, I can wait for the warmer weather and enjoy the experience
when we get to Rotorua. Thank the Lord in His Heaven. Never been so
pleased to hear Bears words. Packed and on to the quiet
road, off to Christchurch it is.
 We stopped to take a picture of
the Waiau
Ferry Bridge.
 Down river.
I thought I would just bimble down the road a little to get
a better view of the mountains.
   No good trees, bit further. No good
power lines, bit further. No still power lines, bit
further.
 That’ll do
then. I look back to see Mable a long way up the road. I
know I’ll break into a trot. Well, just a couple of hundred yards. I climbed up
into Mable, Bear had the heat full on for me. Oooo did that make me cough.
I thought you were walking back to do the Spa Bath,
looked out the window and you had gone quite far. Growl as he
giggled at my breath coming in short pants, gulps and much coughing. I told you jogging was a dangerous
activity........
  Over the bridge and the view
up river.
 Midday and it’s only six
degrees. The main
road.
 The Waipara River cut the Weka
Pass by wearing down the soft limestone and mudstone in the area. Erosion
has created a number of distinctive limestone formations in the
pass.
 The whole picture looks like its
leaning over, until you see that the tree is
straight
 This one is called Frog
Rock.
    We stopped at Waikuku
Beach and ate our lunch, inside Mabel..........
 Interesting reading the
information on Tsunami Warning.
 A ‘one careful owner’ and ten minutes later we were on the Top Ten site in
Christchurch.
ALL IN ALL READY TO EXPLORE
ON THE MORROW |