{"id":12577,"date":"2026-01-28T09:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T20:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accordingtokirsty.com\/?p=12577"},"modified":"2026-01-28T09:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T20:18:11","slug":"what-might-have-been-or-maybe-once-was","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accordingtokirsty.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/28\/what-might-have-been-or-maybe-once-was\/","title":{"rendered":"What might have been, or maybe once was"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was rather miffed yesterday morning when I had a look at the flow rates website live stream (I see what you did there!) of the Whanganui River.<\/p>\n

I could clearly see two canoes riding on the water. I thought the levels were too dangerous for us? And yet here was clear evidence that other people are in there. And they looked like they were having fun too.<\/p>\n

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Screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I checked again this morning and there were people on there again! Clearly it was completely unnecessary that we cancelled our trip. Yes, we\u2019re having a good time, but still. And then I took a closer look.<\/p>\n

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Screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Unless there\u2019s some sort of weird time\u00a0loop thing going on, there\u2019s a problem with the livestream. This realisation made me feel much better. I\u2019m not missing out after all. And on top of that, here\u2019s the view I have this morning.<\/p>\n

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Mt Ruapehu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Not bad, eh?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was rather miffed yesterday morning when I had a look at the flow rates website live stream (I see what you did there!) of the Whanganui River.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8Ukf-3gR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2837,"url":"https:\/\/accordingtokirsty.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/11\/caption-competition\/","url_meta":{"origin":12577,"position":0},"title":"Caption competition","author":"Interloper11","date":"July 11, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Answers on the back of a postcard please. 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