Bluest blue

After what has seemed weeks of bleak skies and rain (although it’s only been about a week), the skies cleared and the sun shone. And boy, did the skies clear…it was the first comment on everyone’s lips in passing conversation. We couldn’t possibly forego the photographic opportunity by sitting around at home doing mundane things so we opted for an afternoon walk. After some short debate about location, we picked Diana’s Peak – we couldn’t have asked for better weather to make the most of the spectacular 360° views. It was a bit hot going up which was surprising given its height and the usual chilly air around there, so we were sweating buckets by the end of the whole excursion. It was a great two-hour walk through the flaxy, grassy paths. While I was puffing and panting my way up to the peaks, the boys were running ahead with apparently very little trouble. Coming back as well, Caleb ran ahead of us and had probably at least a half hour’s wait for Nick and me – Aaron also pipped us by a long shot. In our defence, we did take a lot of photos!