While the southern hemisphere is snowed under, New Zealand enjoys summer. Depending on where you live, depends on how much summer there is to enjoy. Some parts of the country can be bathed in sunshine; others at the moment are looking at grey skies and wondering how summer can be so cold. Every day is different.
There’s no better exercise on a summer’s day than walking. I’ve been doing plenty of that lately, taking my camera with me, capturing the moment.
Water is important to me, huge expanses of it. Maybe that’s because I am a Pisces. I love to walk beside it, swim in it and soak up the views. These days I live in a land-locked city, so have to make the effort to visit some of my favourite places.
Our local river, the Manawatu, provides plenty of walking opportunities, having a well developed walkway called the Bridle Path. As well as getting the exercise, I find being out in the open, just me and my thoughts, so refreshing. The sound of the flowing river clears my mind and often provides me with new writing ideas.
There are other people out and about as well, of course. The runners nod and grunt as they pass, other walkers smile and say hullo. Cyclists, with their heads down don’t really notice you until it’s almost too late. But my favourite friends on the path are the dogs, the big ones, always friendly with tails wagging and insisting upon a little attention. Those times I miss our old gal Holly, a golden Labrador gone for over ten years now.
Walking and writing over these summer months, what better life could I ask for? In a few weeks, my time will become restricted as I return to my part-time teaching role.
Meanwhile, I shall spend as much time as I can walking in the sunshine.
To learn more about the Manawatu River, read: Manawatu River, New Zealand
There’s no better exercise on a summer’s day than walking. I’ve been doing plenty of that lately, taking my camera with me, capturing the moment.
Water is important to me, huge expanses of it. Maybe that’s because I am a Pisces. I love to walk beside it, swim in it and soak up the views. These days I live in a land-locked city, so have to make the effort to visit some of my favourite places.
Our local river, the Manawatu, provides plenty of walking opportunities, having a well developed walkway called the Bridle Path. As well as getting the exercise, I find being out in the open, just me and my thoughts, so refreshing. The sound of the flowing river clears my mind and often provides me with new writing ideas.
There are other people out and about as well, of course. The runners nod and grunt as they pass, other walkers smile and say hullo. Cyclists, with their heads down don’t really notice you until it’s almost too late. But my favourite friends on the path are the dogs, the big ones, always friendly with tails wagging and insisting upon a little attention. Those times I miss our old gal Holly, a golden Labrador gone for over ten years now.
Walking and writing over these summer months, what better life could I ask for? In a few weeks, my time will become restricted as I return to my part-time teaching role.
Meanwhile, I shall spend as much time as I can walking in the sunshine.
To learn more about the Manawatu River, read: Manawatu River, New Zealand
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Wow, now that is a view. How lovely the scenery is there. My stepbrother, although he is an enormous man of the world, just became a citizen in New Zealand. He adores it.
ReplyDeleteLovely picture. Welcome to blogland Val.
ReplyDeleteNice blog... Glynis sent me! :-)
ReplyDeleteI have one too (don't we all these days!)
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Welcome to the blogosphere!
Lovely post and I was born by the sea, so it always draws me.
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