christchurch day 5 – sumner beach

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after our seasickness and the disappointment of lyttleton we drove round the coast to get back to Auckland

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first stop was the obligatory cafe which we got to just as it was shutting

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the girls did some quizzes in their little bible books before we set off for a walk down the beach

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the beach was lovely and there were plenty of interesting shells.

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  here’s kezia testing her mussels on a clam

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and here’s one of those nice shells you find in nice places

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as we walked along the sun began to set over the mountains in the distance

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i ended up taking loads of photos and i’m quite poor at whittling them down, so there’s probably a few more below than you care to see !

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and here are lots of pictures of kezia in the setting sunlight.

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