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I spotted an opertunity today to do somthing I never done despite having loads of opertunities (ish — long story).

I went on a sea kayaking trip.

I’m currently in a place called Mercury Bay (so named not for heavy metal polution, but because some explorer, Cook I believe witnessed the transit of the plannet Mercury here)

For UK#25 I took a 2 minute ferry crossing to the other side of the inlet, got picked up by a car and drove 20 minutes down the road.

There was a group 9 of us on the trip, with 2 guides, they got us all kitted up and we pushed off into surf, and managed to get out through it without getting too wet. we took a 3 hour paddle down the coast, and pulled in at Cathedral Cove (pictures later) the site of the most photographed rock in NZ.

The guides then produced from the back of one of thier kayaks capachino making gear and took drink orders.

After a brief intermission and a load of group phototaking fun we headed back out though the surf and proceded to punch through a bunch of surf and got a littel damp.

The whole thing was really cool and lasted about 3 hours.

I also met some really interesting people, including one that was wearing a kitty collar (hehe, long story)

Anyway, having real trouble concentrating as there is a TV in the room.

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