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The path

He used often to say there was only one Road; that it was like a great river: its springs were at every doorstep, and every path was its tributary. “It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door,” he … Continue reading

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Funny Signs of NZ

Seen where we stopped to view the viaduct and the protective roof over the road. No keas but the sign looked nibbled on. Just on the other side of the thin yellow nylon rope marking sections of the path to … Continue reading

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Monday, March 16

Another day, another glacier. Today we left the Chateau Franz and headed up to the Franz Josef glacier. We didn’t go all the way to the end of the viewing path, mainly because it involved several quite steep sections at … Continue reading

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Meeting a glacier

Pay no attention to the less courageous. — Robert Genn After all our “warm-up walks” it was down to serious business. All that driving and walking had been to get us to Fox Glacier in time to walk up the … Continue reading

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Plants of New Zealand

On our way to Franz Josef Glacier today, Marge and I took several walks that had been recommended to us when we stopped at the quilt shop. The first was not on that list, but had a nice short 20 … Continue reading

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