tuesday

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i had the day off work today so jane and i could go out for a walk

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jane kindly got up early to take the girls to school then walked pearl

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then we drove over to owera for a coffee then on to wenderholme where we walked up and round the cliff

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when we were up there i thought i saw a dolphin, or possibly a couple of small whales

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they slowly made their way across the light green water area in the foreground above

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unfortunately i only had my compact camera so we can’t do a proper identification

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after watching them for a bit we wandered along the cliff top, straining to see if we could see them working their way along the coast

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we stopped for some selfies

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but when we got to the next look out we didn’t see our friends we’d be watching, but did see this pod of dolphins working their way in the other direction

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here’s a fantail and rangitoto

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we had lunch in the puhoi tavern

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then came home via the Wairera hot pools

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this evening i’ve been out with kezia at her parents evening.  everyone thought she was brilliant Smile

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and then debbie came round this evening for dinner, bringing ith produce from the british aisles!

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