Gunn's Bush

Monday 6th July: We had some sunshine this morning which fooled me into doing some washing, which then hung limply on the line and got drizzled on!
We had a quiet start to the day and then walked down to town. We went to the DIY store to look at paint colours and wallpapers; visited the solicitor; found out about electric fences to keep the goat contained(!); looked at carpets, and got some food shopping.
Later in the afternoon we went for a walk in Gunn's Bush. This is a 15 minute drive north of Waimate and is an area of native bush looked after by the Department of Conservation. We have never been here before and were the only visitors. Probably because it was 4 degrees and drizzling. The walk is 3.5kms long and took us an hour. It's great that Jonathan now walks at the same pace as everyone else so we get around so much quicker when we walk now. Parts of the path were gravel and in other places it was deep with moss. Sometimes the bush was thick with a canopy overhead and it was dark, and then the path would come out into a clearing and it was brighter. There is a stream running through the bush and the path follows and criss-crosses it. After all the recent rain the noise from the river was immense.
Tea was curry and rice followed by Anzac biscuits and cream. Then it was our usual Monday viewing of Desperate Housewives and Spooks. As I write this we are watching the men's final of Wimbledon.
The photos are of a view of the mossy path, a close-up of a tree trunk alongside the path, and a view down the valley from a clearing along the way.