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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lovely, expensive and super indulgent degustation dinner in Wellington last night, when I should have been watching the cricket. A gorgeous day today so I\u2019ve come back up the coast, where it seems somehow easier to make good use of the weather and be outdoorsy. Also I forgot to bring the rubbish back the other day. Just back from a very pleasant swim in the estuary with the schnoodles in my faux birkini. It turns out the algae scare is basically a permanent state up here, so I figure as long as I can\u2019t see the dogs eating mats of algae then she\u2019ll be right.<\/p>\n
As we were swimming back across the river,\u00a0a young woman was calling out to her dog Vinnie. Ruby, one of our schnoodles, changed course and swam to her, thinking she was one of my daughters who had mysteriously turned up and was calling to her. Poor misguided dog. It\u2019s very lucky they are incapable of feeling embarrassment.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve brought my overpowered ebike up and plan to give it a go on the beach when the tide is low later this evening (and earn some more points in the bike challenge).<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve had a bit of a revelation about myself today, a glimpse of my future, if you will. I\u2019ll be that scrawny old lady, striding briskly along the walking tracks, wearing Kathmandu head to toe including a floppy khaki hat, and looking determined and taking no nonsense. Actually I\u2019ve been feeling a bit creaky in the old joints lately so my vision may not be as far into the future as I\u2019d like to imagine. I\u2019d prefer not to get old, it\u2019s just a shame there aren\u2019t any appealing, practical working alternatives.<\/p>\n
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