Our second day in the Reikorangi valley sees us taking our very first walk in New Zealand – a stroll around the neighbourhood, really. Turn left up Kents Road and you end up in Terrace Road, a ‘no exit’ road, a cul-de-sac, if you wish. Benny and Sophie are left to guard their turf, while the human counterparts glance up at a threatening skyline…
Just a few metres up Kents Road, we encounter the source of the bovine chorus which I’d heard a few times earlier during the day. Free range milk on hoof, as supplied by Mrs Cuddy. Thankfully, there’re no flies around, to speak of.
Like a true Dr Who, Brynn could be snapped a number of times doing a high speed run ahead to explore and discover. And, on a couple of occasions, running back again to urge us on to inspect her discoveries. Her unending energy is astonishing. That’s the T-junction of Kents Road with Terrace Road in the distance,
A short distance up Terrace Road, I spot a field of sheep. A few are of the mountaineering persuasion, and I snapped this shot of them showing off on a fairly steep grazing hill.
Brynn ran ahead to stand and wait while I got a shot.
“Dunwurkin” – a real good Scottish name. We met the owner of the property on the return leg of our walk.
I suspect that Brynn has spotted an interesting animal somewhere in the distance.
Owner of Dunwurkin, a keen bowman explains some of the finer aspects to Tyler, who attends archery classes regularly down Reikorangi Road.
Tyler meets up with a pair of goats munching grass next to the roadway fence.
Meet Billy, Tyler’s newest acquaintance.
Now we discover what Brynn had spotted. This furry ball was promptly named “Midnight”. It was quite a job persuading Midnight that he should get back inside his owner’s property.
While the owner of the property across the way made no bones about what he wants.
Jeanette admires the foliage on some of the trees/shrubs along the way.
Part of the “Two Fold Mini Highlands” population look at us in apparent bewilderment.
Family on the downward leg back home in Kents Road.
Brynn posing against the neighbour’s post box in the background.
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