Eskdale excursion

I am happy to report that the cold spell has passed and more typical winter Auckland weather is back–which means dark skies and chilly rain with blustery winds.  But there have been a couple of (at least) partial days of nice conditions, and the other day we took advantage of one such late afternoon for a stroll in the nearby Eskdale Reserve.  The ground was still pretty wet, as was most of the foliage, and care had to be taken on the path, as there were patches of sticky mud, but the late sun was slanting through the bush and lighting things up quite nicely.  Luckily, most of the path was firm enough that The Elf was able to ride her push-bike for most of the sections that weren’t too steep or too gnarly with tree roots, and Squiddy was ready to help her to “fly” over those.  It really felt good to get back out into the local greenery again.