Up at 6am to catch a 6:50am train to catch a 7:30 bus to walk 23km to catch a ferry then a bus

Up at 6am on a Saturday morning to go for a walk ... This is a first if I have been up at 6am before it's because I'm coming home

Enjoyed the silence apart from the early morning hum from the Auckland motorway .. Are you ever quite ?

Busy train ... Good to see

Quick McDonald's I love being in the city at this time of the morning I enjoy watching the shadows and reflections on the buildings ... Plus it's so quite and peaceful ... But not for long ...

Some late night early morning party person left a present all over the road .. birds are happy ... oh I don’t miss those day ... I wonder what younger me would have thought about older me sitting at a bus stop waiting to go on a walk .. let alone walk the length of the country.

So the walk was due to take about 7 hours .. lots of people out on this beautiful day ... taking their dogs for a walk .. wish I had a dog .. mostly along the cliffs to start amazing views and  that sun shining on the water .. such a great day for a walk ..but I did hope for rain as I really wan to try out my new waterproof jacket .. I'm sure I will get a chance.

Stopped to reward myself with my favourite ice cream from the Takapuna Beach café .. I must look a right sight with a quick pace and an ice cream Probably the best bit is this last section from Takapuna to Devonport ..I could stay on the coast the whole way apart from the small section around the base of north head but a good path is provided here .. I do enjoy turning the corner and seeing the city.

A good days walking, good pace great weather only a few unwanted thoughts and lots of reflecting on my life at the moment, a little bit of writing in the sand and applying thoughts to rocks and throwing them out to sea ... onward I march