Travel Blog

The usual Monday morning. Into Warkworth for groceries. It's a good time to go when there aren't too many shoppers. You can find parking spaces, and the checkout lines are short. I did the rounds and headed home.

The afternoon was quiet. A walk along Ridge Road (which really does run along the top of the ridge, so there are great views) to 'Tui Row' (not its real name, just a tip of the hat to all the great birdlife along this particular stretch of road). Then taking my time to roast a lovely little chicken that I found in town. Simple grub, but tasty. And while it cooked, I tried to put more colour into my paintng,

Edge of the Front

TODAY'S TIDBIT

The cars here are made by the companies that you'd expect in Asia - Mitsubishi, Toyota, Nissan, and, perhaps not surprisingly, Ford. Thing is, none of the models are the same as back in North America. Most of them we've never seen or heard of before. Even the good old Ford Ranger is different. Here, it's a crewcab with a short box and much more heavily built than the ones we've owned. And in the last couple of days, I've seen my first Kia Soul! I felt like flagging it down and communing with the driver.