Covid 2. Keeping fit

Probably the biggest revelation has been the leaving the treadmill on the deck. There's always something to look at and sometimes I even go past my allotted 5 minutes time and do an extra minute!! I decided to do 5 mins on the treadmill and 5 mins on the exercycle, and half an hours gardening each day, and I meticulously ticked them off.  I feel if I had committed to more I could not have achieved this, because I can do 5 mins without changing clothes or shoes.

What a pleasure!

Up the road, toward Willa's

Our nearest block is 8km and has no footpath. The next nearest block is 14km and has about half footpathed. So it was an up the road and back walk for me several times a week, picking up a few of Willa's fine apples which have dropped on the footpath. She died in the first week of lockdown,from a massive heart attack on the footpath. She was 82.


Duncan did a bit of golf practice - probably stung by Colin's words at his 70th, that he had had to get another year older so there was at least a chance he might play a round in his age. He also played a couple of rounds on his own as allowed by the rules.

Chipping by the garden, driving on the unplanted block 4

I also walked the Beach Walkway, sometimes on my own and sometimes with Duncan. This morning we set out to investigate the new features put in place for Tuia 250, the 250th year since Cook landed.

Unfortunately we took a wrong turn and ended halfway up  Kaiti Hill

Every now and then I had to stop to take a picture (to get my breath back).

There are many logs, but the port is back in action again.

This is Maia, one of the navigators of Maori descent that made his way to Tairawhiti in a gourd boat.

AS you can imagine this would look stunning if it were not a cloudy day

The sculptures of the gourds are also new, and are placed next to the  Monument to Cook's Landing

Duncan has also done long hours on the treadmill and exercycle, so all in all we have managed to keep our fitness levels pretty good during Covid Lockdown.