More early morning light

Pancakes with ice.

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February 3rd 2011
2nd February 2011 After a slight panic at the distances we had to go to make the ferry on time last night we had agreed that we would move on this morning early to get a good drive in today. (I say on time in the loosest possible sense as we had no timetable but that which we had imposed upon ourselves and nothing was yet booked.) We had decided to see how far we could get so that ther ... read more

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more