jane was up early this morning for a run, and after some stomach troubles i decided i should go for a healthy walk with esther to do a few local munzees on the way
then we drove up to puhoi (prounced poo-hoy) for a picnic and then to hire some kayaks
you get on the river at puhoi and the idea being you float downstream to the sea where you get out before you’re lost in the entire ocean
jane and esther shared a kayak as esther was worried she wouldn’t be able to keep up for 2 hours.
kezia and i had our own ones and kezia was strong paddler
these photos were taken with kezia’s camera which had a big blob of some old sweets or something on the lens which i’ve since removed.
the hardest bit was the end where we’d been warned about a cross wind which was likely to blow kezia in to the main current which would whip her out to see forever. our instructions were to hug the opposite bank as we went round the final corner. when it came to it i tied kezia’s kayak on to mine and dragged her across the last open stretch and we all made it to land safely.
on the way home, those of us not on a special diet had ice-creams
then this evening we watched the Muppets movie and ate pizza (mine was on a gluten free base with allowed toppings of cheese, ham and pineapple
we went to Hell’s Pizza as esther is addicted to pinball. kezia came along to see what the fuss was about and got addicted too. we’re such bad parents.