Today I did one of my favourite beach walks. Not my ultimate favourite beach walk- that's reserved for the ruggedness of Breaker Bay. And given the overcastness of today, Breaker Bay would've been awesome. But given I'm still restricted by public transport options, I had a semi retro day in Petone.
I have mixed feelings about the upgrade of Petone. The landscaping on the beach is great, but seeing the old cottages on the waterfront in conversion to mansions seems odd. Still, I guesss that's progress.
I don't get to Petone that often now, but when I lived in Wainui, I pretty much walked the beach nearly every weekend. So, it's memory I like to revisit now and again. It helps me clear my head, although I'm not sure if today it did, actually. No, yeah, it did. But not completely.
Anyway, the walk in total would have been about 5-6km. Simple walk, but for some reason, walking seems to have aggrevated the knee.
Did some op shop window shopping down Jackson Street (Salvation Army, Hospice, St Vicent de paul and another random shop) - but it freaked me out actually. Definitely didn't have the chilled out factor of the Carterton Salvation Army shop. There was a vibe of angst. It was not the nice local vibe of Carterton.
Strange measurement, but that's my measurement for today.
Back to work tomorrow, where I guess I have to suck it up - although I'm still not completely sure that I will.
Basic calculation to bear in mind: a. Suck it up = 3 months more work.
b.Don't suck it up = 8 days more work.
I may or may not have executed b on Friday in any case.
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