I joined Jeff on a hike this morning – he has found a new place to test out carting his pack around. I don’t think I was in the best of moods – I would prefer not to be woken with ‘I’m going for a hike want to come?’ kind of questions. Thats way too much pressure before I am fully functioning.
(Did I ever mention I am not a morning person?)
So… we get up to the top of this long stretch – and I think I am doing well because I hadn’t stopped and its steeper and rougher than it looks here.
So happy (not) to realise it was a false summit and I still had this to go:
Mutter mutter.
Some parts of the walk like this were very exposed with the logging that has been done and a real mess… not the usual aesthetic dream we hike through.
Other parts were quite pretty.
Sadly, a lot of this area is neglected and unkempt. It used to be a great spot to come down to with the family for a picnic/BBQ. Now the main road is barricaded off – not sure why? Something to do with the logging?
A lot of it is now a festy pit for dumped burned out cars, general rubbish & graffiti etc
Its a real shame, because it used to be so lovely!
Some of the downhill stretches of the hike I did not enjoy at all. Probably because I fell over on my face and scraped my knee. (Graceful huh?) Not because I was being clumsy but because the surface on some of these very steep areas were loose dirt and stone over a hard surface. So think hiking on marbles.
I don’t mind the tougher hikes and uneven surfaces, but its hard to navigate if your feet just fly out from under you.
I am not sure how many kms it was – but at least I worked up a bit of sweat and we need to be hiking much more regularly since we are a month from when our Overland hike starts. Very glad I wasn’t carrying a pack today though!!
And it seems like the blackberries are about ready. We should go down to the local school near Ruby’s that was closed down. Its overrun with blackberries – if the season has been good for them there should be quite a few available!
Back at home we changed the grit on one of the tumblers. This is a bunch of rocks Megumi and I chose a few weeks ago for tumbling
So much fun washing the grit off to reveal the prettiness below
They are looking good…
We put a new finer grit in and popped them back on the tumbler.
Can’t wait for the final polish stage!
And lastly – I dug myself three potato plants. I found three that were looking decidedly almost dead, so I indulged in my favourite garden pastime!
Not a bad haul!
Hope you’ve had a great day and no scraped knees!
Cheers!
