Today was spent in Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. Rather than do the half day coach trip around the city we decided to take a coastal walk just outside the city, along the Red Rocks to Sinclair point where we found a seal colony. It was a lovely sunny day and it gave us a chance to do some much needed exercise. We caught the bus to Island Bay which was as far as public transport would take us and then walked about 2K to the Marine Reserve entrance. It took us a further 4k walk along the coast before we caught sight of the seals and we may not have seen them at all if we hadn’t spoken to other walkers en route that had seen them. They are well camouflaged on the rocks. Two of those walkers were called Alistair and Bronagh Crook and their Boxer Dog “Wendy”. I got talking to them and discovered that their Son Timothy works for Transport for London and is part of the Internal Audit Team there. I said I would contact him when I got back to work and Saboohi took some photos of us all together. They offered us a lift back into Wellington which we were very grateful for and they took us the scenic route along the coast. We finished the day with a cable car ride up to the top of the botanical gardens to admire the city view and then we walked back down through the beautiful gardens. Another special day.
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