the only i needed was simba, but they seem quite rare, so grabbed it while i had the chance.
was just browsing on ebay and found a listing with the hungry jacks lion king set. i made a best offer for the first time, which the seller accepted. the set is coming from australia, so will be a few weeks away.
the only i needed was simba, but they seem quite rare, so grabbed it while i had the chance. today, katrina from work picked me up early and we went to lake mangamahoe [manga-ma-hoey]
the walk we did took about an hour and a half, and again was somewhere new for me. a really nice, challenging walk. worth the huffing and puffing. these are the photos recovered from the lost camera. there are only two here that were taken by mike, the first photo and the one of the bath at the hot pool we went to.
so pleased to have been able to save these pics. mum and dad came up yesterday to bring some stuff i couldnt manage on the bike when i was last down there. of course, we did the rounds of the op shops. amongst the items mum brought with her was the camera i lost last weekend on the trip home. the camera is toast, as expected after hitting the road at 100k and then bouncing clear to the other side of it. luckily, the SD card was fine and i was able to rescue my photos. we had a really good day, finding lots of good items at all of them, and with me also able to get rid of several boxes of excess tomy track to one of them. finally, a bit more space in my room.
among the items i found a tomy activity ball, and mum found the hide and squeek eggs. unfortunately the hinges on the case have broken with age but all the shells were there which is the main thing. after they left, i quickly got changed and hit the road for eltham where i was booked to have dinner with friends. a wonderful meal with great company, and a stunning watercolor sunset for the ride home afterwards. ok, firstly... i finally finished the lion king georgie pie collection after finding the theatrical release mugs on trademe for $10. its a set of 4, of which i already had 3 from john. i snagged them to get the missing young simba cup. and now to the drama! LOL.
i took friday off work and travelled back to wanganui on thursday to go and see jimmy carr with mike. it was a great night out, havent laughed so much for a very long time. friday i went around the op shops with mum and found a pile of last of the summer wine dvds, all brand new and sealed for $5 each. saturday morning, mike messaged and asked if i wanted to go up mt ruapehu. i of course said yes, and borrowed mums camera as i had not brought my own for a change. we had a great afternoon, taking the new gondolas up to the cafe and then climbing towards the snow line from there. we were not even close to making it before coming back down, as it was rather slow going - mountain goat i am not! from there we headed towards turangi and went to the thermal hot pools before heading home. we got home about 10 that night. sunday, i went to the sanson markets with mum and dad. another good day, scored some vintage lego, some more dvds and two antique cheese graters, one for myself and another for tanz as her one is broken.. early afternoon it was time to head home, so i packed up my backpack, leaving behind the dvds and other heavy items. this proved to be very, very lucky. less than 30mins out of town, and a car that passed me flagged me over. the driver told me my backpack was open and i was losing things!! the teeth on the zip had separated. on a quick check i had lost one of the graters, my bright pink lunch container and mums camera with all my photos from the mountain. i immediately turned around and started back tracking, looking along the sides of the road for my gear. i went all the way back to town and then headed out again. eventually i found the grater, squashed flat. no sign of my container or the camera. i pulled over, called mum to let her know and then posted on a local facebook group about the camera, not expecting much luck. i carried on back to new plymouth, in a rather foul mood. by the miracle of facebook and the local people, within 24 hours someone posted on another group they had found a camera on the side of the road, and it was ours! so its now back with mum. hopefully the SD card survived. my good friend mike came to stay for a few nights, and we went to the festival of lights on friday night, and then saturday afternoon we went for a hike up mount egmont. awesome way to end the holiday break
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