We spent yesterday driving up the coast and visiting a few of the little settlements that we haven't seen before. It was a gorgeous day and the sea was a deep aquamarine colour under a windy blue sky. We stopped at the river mouth of the Hurunui and admired the way the water from the river mixed with the ocean. The view at the end of the road was straight down a huge cliff - remarkably with a vertical wooden ladder down to the beach below. Spectacular and very wild. We also found the Napenape road which took us for a long meander, eventually right along the edge of the stoney beach with waves pounding a matter of metres away, and a glowing white cliff face at the end. Magical place, and well worth the trip. Gore Bay was also beautiful, with quite a few baches, and more spacious houses, built under the shadow of cliffs, and just across the road another wild and stoney beach - with a few brave kids jumping in the waves. Loved it. So, my head is now full of sea and sky and wind - and apparently a sea sprite has found her way onto my paper!
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