This weekend has involved a trip to Twizel supporting Ashburton College with the South Island Secondary Schools Rowing Championships. They did well to gain a few placings in the boys and girls fours and pairs categories. Good test before the national champs in 2 weeks.
I managed to sneak off for a few hours with 2 of our other children on their Mountain bikes to run 18km beneath massive skies on the Dusky Trail.
The local conservation message is curiously "keep it brown" as the proposed irrigation schemes will transform this beige landscape into a fawn and Lincoln green check with fertile irrigated paddocks next to naturally dry dessicated tussockland. It is 6 days to the Tarawera Ultramarathon, and the landscape could not be more contrasting. Great training run with a cool soak in the river afterwards.
Ka kite.
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