Well, we're back, and we really enjoyed our week away. the weather wasn't too good, but when you live in Wales, you get used to that. And it didn't detract from the beauty of the place. So, here we go. First we drove west to Dargaville (all got the maps out?), then turned north up the coast. The whole coastline is sand dunes, but they're so enormous you just think its hills or cliffs. There is a group of lakes hidden behind the sand dunes, blue as can be, with silver sand. The only source of water for them is rain, no streams run into them at all. An absolute playground in summer, but no-one there when we were there, and a chilly wind. We tried to walk around one lake, but the path petered out,
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