TOO EARLY

 

It's Sunday morning and we are still in bed.

We don't  have any firm plans for the  day ... yet.

Only thing that's definitely on the agenda is picking up the Brazier I bought Lacy for Christmas and returning it.

It's falling apart after just a few days use!

We are thinking of going for a walk again today, but out of town somewhere.

I'll catch ya later.

ONWARD...

Slight change of plans.  I will pick up the defective brazier on Tuesday and return it.

Now, Stew and I are off on a walk... 'somewhere'.... we haven't been before.

I just had a blonde/frazzled moment... walking around looking for my walking sneakers, couldn't find them anywhere.  Getting annoyed.  Then...

ABOVE:  Looked down.  Yeah.  On my feet.  😖😕😒
WHERE DID WE GO?

ABOVE: We drove out to almost Raglan, turned left and ended up at Bridal Veil Falls.

Somewhere we had never been.

Nice people around who took our photo, and we took theirs's too.

ABOVE: You take a very pretty, easy walk to the top of the falls.

ABOVE: A bit of vertigo looking down...

ABOVE: And then you start going down the steps... which were a bit steeper than the Hakarimata Summit track's steps I must say.

But 'ONLY' about 240 odd steps.

ABOVE:  I found it really easy going down!

ABOVE: the falls from the bottom.  There were a heck of a lot of people on this track!

ABOVE: An aerial view of the falls, a bit weathered now, but you still get a good idea of how it sits in the landscape.

ABOVE:  ROCKS!  I totally could have grabbed one, but Stew said they were just a bit too big to lug back up all those steps.  Sadness.

And then a bit of a shit time.... I had not eaten since yesterday, and going back up took it totally out of me, even though there were not THAT MANY STEPS.

I had to stop numerous times... and once we were at the top again I actually felt SICK AS A DOG.

Spinning head, nauseous, shaking, fingers and toes tingling... yep  A massive blood sugar low.

Stupid me.

I should have had something to eat well before that walk.... or at least taken some hard lollies for the sugar.

I had to sit down and 'recover' a bit before we went back to the car.

Luckily, once we got into Raglan for our picnic lunch, I was feeling a wee bit better.

Food certainly helped.

ABOVE:  Low tide in Raglan.  We got a park about a km from the wharf, then walked to the wharf to look around.

ABOVE:  I swear I didn't mean to buy anything from Tony Sly Pottery.  But I did.

And I'm not taking it out of it's wrapping/bag until I hit a certain weight.  Which I am now only FIVE GRAMS away from!!!!!

In a minute we are heading up to our pub for a social hour or so.

5.21 pm, and we are home again.

And now we can relax.  The car is packed, ready to go tomorrow at ungodly o'clock.  We will be in Cambridge tomorrow, for the annual St Andrews Craft Fair.

ABOVE: Hoping we break the recent 'trend' and have an awesome market.

9.10 pm, and we are both off to bed fairly early tonight... hoping for a decent night's sleep.

After our busy day, I should get to sleep relatively easily.

Catch ya tomorrow.