Not a huge amount to report, I've had a lovely time but haven't met any new entertaining folk so bloggingtons will be short and mainly pics...
Tuesday was spent snoozing on Hotwater Beach. I didn't bother with the whole hole digging gimmick as it was 5 dollars to hire a spade. However I did go and see what all the fuss was about.
The weather was warm and windy, by the end of the day I had sand in every one of Adilady's nooks and crannies so I booked myself into the local campsite in order to have a hot shower or 3 (nothing worse than a heap of sand in the old beeping slag). I also totally pushed out the boat and treated myself to fish and chips, well after scary photo of Adilady the entishlady I thought I'd better lol.
Wednesday I drove to Cathedral Cove, which again was lovely.
For lunch I stopped at Coromandel Town to pile on some more calories, bacon and cheese toastie and a pint of beer at The Star and Garter followed by a cake and coffee stop at a cafe with WiFi (needed to publish last bloggington). Coromandel is an old gold mining town and very pretty indeed.
I then headed north on the windy whindy gravel roads as the following day I was going to do the Coromandel Coastal Walk. I think I have a slow puncture, which is a total ballache:(
View from tentage...
Sitting on the pebbly beach...
Wistful sunset.
The walk was supposed to take 7 hours but took less, enjoy the photos.
Today I slept in and then slowly made my way south back to Tauranga and the family Clegg. I stopped at Thames, ate more cake and made use of the library's free WiFi for more bloggage; I am obsessed with the bloggage.
The library was a modern, nondescript building but I liked the artwork they had chosen; all done by local artists, hurrah:)
I also thought the local church was cute.
I've started reading a book called 'Thinking Fast and Slow', a psychology book and not my usual work of fiction. I have just finished reading the chapter on illusions and found it all rather fascinating. Most of us are familiar with this...
Line a) looks longer than line b) even when we have measured it and know they are the same, it still looks longer; a visual illusion.
The book introduced the idea of psychopathic charm as an example of a cognitive illusion. We are all wowed and made to feel special by the psycho when they choose to switch on the charmingtons; the trick is to recognise the behaviour and run like the wind.
I learnt to detect the dangers of psychopathic charm in my early 20s when I had the misfortune of dating a psycho bloke. He could be saying the most cruel and wicked things and then the phone or doorbell would ring and his whole demeanour would change and he could charm the honey from the bees. When I left him nears and dears were in shock; he was such a lovely, charming young man after all lol! It never ceases to amaze me how susceptible we all are to false flattery but maybe after finishing bookage I will have a clearer understanding of many things. I hope this acts as a word of warning to all those left at the hell hole:D
Tomorrow I'm off to Wellibobs for a few days and then the ferry to the south island and the last month of Adilady's Adventures. Lots of love and over and out xxxx
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