Today was an utterly gorgeous day here in Wellington. The sun was shining down, the air was clear and all the views were magnificent. I started my day at 10.30am when I headed off to my reflexology appointment. It’s the first time I’ve ever had it and by george it won’t be the last. It was an amazing experience and I still (4 hours later) feel as relaxed as anything (anything that is exceedingly relaxed that is) : ). Seeing as it was such a gorgeous day I asked my reflexologist (Mary) if she knew any walkways nearby, particularly one that would take me to the south coast and a view of.....the South Island!!! The view from our pad was spectacular this morning as the Kaikouras (the mountains across the way) were topped with snow but the pictures weren’t doing them justice so I hoped to find a better snapping point. I must say here and now that although I found a better view of them for myself, the pictures are not nearly to my satisfaction in conveying the wonder of what my eyes beheld (forewarned is forearmed so they say).

Anyhoo, I get ahead of myself. I shall now display a few snapshots from the Southern Walkway route and I hope you like them. This first one is looking back over the harbour towards the Rimutakas from the first view point and I personally am loving the colour of the tree in the foreground. It was here that I first came across Adam, a gentleman I talked to for a while both at this spot and further on up the road. Very nice he was, and full of information about the area and all sorts of things. It's so nice to meet friendly kiwi folk who are happy to impart local knowledge and history. It comes from their pride of where they live I suppose.

And here I am with Lyall Bay and Moa Point behind me. My house is in the little cluster to my right.

Next up we are looking over Island bay towards the Kaikouras

And here's another one of me that Adam kindly took - I was hoping it would feature more of South Island in but you can't be picky when someone's doing you a favour...

Next up we look back towards Wellington CBD....

And here you are looking over Lyall Bay and Kilbirnie towards the harbour

And this is looking across Lyall Bay towards the Orongorongas and the moon

And this is a little railway people have built to take their shopping up the steep hill to their house. The little carriage is at the top

These next ones are from my walk back along the beach....

And as you'd expect such a day couldn't finish up without a good old sunset so here it is.....

I'd said to mum and dad that it went dark about 5.15 at the moment but actually it's closer to half past. Not a big difference but enough. And only a month to go until the shortest day so hopefully I shall never have to leave work in the dark....
Right! I'm off to make me tea as I'm out bowling with Rhys and Cat tonight. There may be pics of that tomorrow. xx