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  Sunday, 30 May 2004


I went for a mountain bike ride this afternoon to the top of Teal Valley. At the Teal Valley Saddle there is are great views both down over  the Maitai Reservoir and over Teal Valley. I got there just in time to get some photos of the last of the sun on the peaks. The ride down was cold but over quickly :)


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The Maitai Forestry and Waterworks Reserve as seen from the Teal Valley Saddle lookout. This is where most of Nelsons water comes from.


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The last of the days sun on the ranges, looking back down Teal Valley.
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Yesterday morning I checked the local weather forecast to see if the weekends winds and tides would be good for kite buggying or kayaking. The tide is low (and beaches wide) at around midday, and the winds for the whole weekend were predicted to be solid 25 knot northerlies. Perfect conditions for kite buggying on Rabbit Island beach! So I pack up all my gear and head out there to arrive right on low tide. Now either the weather person is playing games with me or they had their map upside down. What little wind there was, was coming from the south-west! And it stayed like that all day. I stayed at the beach for a couple of hours hoping that the forecast was just a little late and the wind would swing around to the north. But alas it never happened. I flew my super-10 for a while, took a few photos, but no chance of buggying.

I finally gave up and headed home. When I got there I checked the forecast again. Suddenly the northerlies I saw this morning (predicted for the next two days), had changed to 'Gusty south-westerlies' for Saturday and Sunday. Its not fair! They promised me Northerlies! Whats going on at the meteorological Service? Playing practical jokes on kite buggyiers like that is just not funny! I want my money back.


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