By the numbers
12kms
17,419 steps
A few more books
I was able to sleep in a little bit and was hoping that the
weather was not going to be wet. From what I could tell the sun was shining and
I was relaxed as I had the idea that I would take a walk From Whangarei Falls
all the way into town as I know it is a great walk and I have done it before.
That way I could be picked up while in town. I made sure that my washing was
outside on the line before I left as the sun was out. I made sure I had
everything I needed and was off.
The walk started from Granny and Claude’s place where I would
head to the waterfalls and follow the track all the way to AH Reed Park. AH
Reed was a local historian / well known author who walked everywhere. Everyone
else on a Sunday morning seemed to have the same idea of going for a bush walk,
although I have no idea how many others than the joggers head all the way
through to the town basin. I had to laugh once I got close to the AH Reed park entrance
as there were people who had gotten off the bus with me from the day before.
They were doing a bush walk as tourists do and I was marching through doing my
own thing. Once on the road heading for the Hatea River walk it decided now was
the time to start raining. It was more of a drizzle, but I had my brolly up
until I was at the entrance to the river walk where it had stopped raining. It
seemed to have gotten cold as well, but I kept warm by going forward.
I had been to the top of Parihaka on several occasions and I
didn’t want to do anything like that this time round as I was heading to the
book store. I had no actually walked the full way down to the town basin as I
had always ended up in other areas close by and walked to the bridge instead.
This time I followed the path past the swimming pool where I came across the
local car club showing off their vehicles. I headed down to the shops along the
waterfront as I wanted a coffee due to it being a bit of a walk. I had a choc
raspberry stick with my coffee from the fudge shop, but I probably did not need
that at all. I was on a mission to visit the Piggery secondhand bookshop and I
found the store easily enough, although I thought I had gotten lost. I went
through the NZ history type books and found what I was looking for. Then I
found an $88 book that I had to make sure the price was correct as I had not
seen any books by James Cowan in person before let alone exactly what I was
after, but the book is available online so I do not really need it that bad. It
had been printed in 1986, which I did check as you do.
After getting my loot, I walked off to have a look in town.
I ended up with my second pie for the entire trip so far. I was also hoping the
shop Papers Plus was able to post my books, but they did not have postage bags.
I did find a post office so I do need to go back on a week day to post some
books home or else I would be overweight again when I fly home or have a heavy
bag when I travel to Auckland. Where I was in town was close to he library,
where I knew it would be closed for the day as it is still Sunday. I wandered
over and I knew of a settlers cemetery nearby, but I could not remember where
it actually was other than being near the Quarry. I thought I had an entrance,
but I walked part way past the bowls club before deciding to turn back. I
thought with a heavy bag and being mid afternoon it was time to go back. I sent
a text off so that I could be picked up, but the text failed to send. I became
worried that my phone wasn’t working. So I tried the text again with data
turned on. Nope. I rang Claude and got through so something strange is going
on. It doesn’t worry me, but I know I have roaming on or it should still be on
from my last trip away. I was happy to have been picked up and spent the rest
of the day sorting out my books and finishing off one that I was already
reading.
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