Hitting the Beaches

Today, whilst Gaz was at work and Anna was a school, Liz and I hit the beaches of the North Island around Auckland. It was bright and warm, but cloudy so I figured I wouldn't catch the sun. We did 4 beaches, a park and managed lots of walking.

When we got home I felt a bit funny so needed an hour's sleep. When I got up I started to get comments on how red I looked and thought "yeah yeah" and settled down to an evening of beer and TV, with Eve popping over to be sociable. Finally I saw myself in the mirror and was shocked that I looked like an angry raspberry. Apparently a bit of cloud cover is not sufficient protection from the sun and I probably had mild sun stroke. Hopefully it will tone down and go brown rather than peel and return to white.

Tomorrow we do Auckland city proper. Have driven through it several times but have yet to stop and see the major sights; so a trip up the skytower, a boat trip and hitting the shops is on the cards.