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2011 Blogging Highlights

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Why Alfie sleeps

He's looking a bit weary, and to be truthful so am I, as today's walk turned into a bit of an epic. Approx. 9.8km and 547m elevation change! Started with an easy stroll along Exhibition Drive and its new Beveridge Track Extension. Then thought he looked a bit thirsty so headed down toward the Lower Nihotupu Reservoir. Dogs actually can't go there but the nearby streams are ok. Problem is previous visits to this area were on a mountain bike and 15 minutes of high speed downhill mountain biking takes a bit longer when walking! Read more →

Traffic Light Thought — Waitakere gets binned

This was actually a Doggie Walk Thought but occurred while waiting to cross the road. I watched a Refuse Receptacle Technician carefully installing something near a local bus stop. She’d finished & gone by the time I got across the road but I discovered it was the Auckland Council wiping out remnants of the former local authority. An older bin down the road still has the Waitakere City Council logo (below left) but I guess that crappy stylised Pohutukawa logo (which you may gather I hate) will be there soon. The Waitakere logo represents the Ranges and their native bush... Read more →

Traffic Light Thought — 16 km/h, not 17, not 15?

The speed limit at a local park seemed strange: 16? Then I realised its probably a pre-metric limit literally converted. New Zealand went Metric when? 10 mph = 16.09344 km/h Read more →

Kenneth Williams defines specialisation

Traffic Light Thought - Time for a service!

Knew it was nearly time for the scheduled 140k service but rather surprised to stop at the shops on the way home, look down and see... Read more →