It being sprint tides, and Spring ...
The weather's not been great this week, even although the evenings are much lighter. Some exercise was called for.
It took Allez! a year or so until she was confidently swimming and retrieving sticks. Here she's returning from a stick-thrown-too-far, so she couldn't find it. However, she knew I had one in reserve ...
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| Rangitoto in the background |
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| moose-ears |
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| more moose-ears |
Achilles Point is named after HMS Achilles, to commemorate the 1939 sea Battle of the River Plate, where the New Zealand-crewed Achilles engaged with other allied vessels to defeat the German cruiser Graf Spee. Further along is Ladies Bay, named after Lady Grey, the wife of George Grey, an early Governor of New Zealand. At Karaka Bay (where the Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840) you can walk up to Riddell Road to return along the road on the top of the cliff.
These stony beaches along the base of the cliff from Achilles Point to Karaka Bay are a well-known haunt for nudists, principally men.
Thank goodness it started to rain.
