To the summit of Rangitoto Island

A walking treat ahead.

Marie is my walking companion. 

Let's see who else is joining us...

Just beyond the ferry terminal I meet...

Randy a new arrival from the USA.

Ivo from Chile...

who is with a group of Chilean rugby students at Massey Highand, and...
a group of 28 students from Loyola Maryland.
Our own flashmob today.

Come, let's board the ferry.

To Rangitoto island

 Come, walk with us.

 Board walk over the scoria rocks.

Very thirsty trees and kidney ferns.

 Up to the summit...

and views over the crater...

to the North shore... 

and the Auckland CBD beyond Devonport.

 ...Browns Island and Musick Point.

 Bare foot angel...

Hannelore from Dresden

A Britomart welcome.

A wonderful day.

Te Araroa Trail - a virtual walk today.

Tonight we watched Freebird's  Te Araroa Trail DVD.
Wonderful photographs of an epic walk from Cape Reinga in the north to Bluff in the south. Around 3000km.

All I need to do is connect some of the places that I have walked on the Te Araroa trail this year....!!

 Queen Charlotte Track

 Lake Rotoiti

 Glenorchy

 Mt Eden

 One Tree Hill

In the meantime...

Come walk with me on Rangitoto Island this Thursday 28 February.
We are leaving on Fullers ferry at Pier 2 at 9.15am.   We will return at 12.45pm.
If you want to join us please send me an email pearlsonwheels@gmail.com or just turn up at the ferry terminal.
Strong shoes, sunhat, sunscreen and water are necessary.

Walking the loop - Hobson Bay, Tamaki Drive, and Parnell

A long walk today...

Through Ayr Park, Hobson Bay, along Orakei Road past the boat sheds, along Tamaki Drive, up Gladstone road, through the Parnell Rose Gardens to Judges Bay. 8.5km. 

I have Barbara's company today.

Come, walk with us.

 From Judges Bay

 Through Ayr Park off Brighton Road in the valley behind the Cathedral...

where we meet Hammer, a handsome pine cone eating alsatian.

Through the Mangrove forests on the shores of Bloodworth Park.

Down Victoria Ave...past escapee mandevillia flowers...

and a fine jetty...

  to the board walk which meanders through the mangrove forest.

Along Orakei Rd past clumps of agapanthus...

 to  NKD and a lovely welcome to the cafe.

Lovely things created in the workroom are for sale in the showroom.
One of us leaves with a necklace. No, not pearls.

Once we start talking we discover just how small a world we live in.
All this because we were walking by...
and take the time to stop,
and chat
with Anna...

and Clara.

 Further along Orakei Rd to the boatsheds.
Shags roost outside....

 and fine craft roost behind the doors.

 A splendid pedestrian overbridge under construction.

 Judges Bay.

 Overlooked by St Stephens Chapel.