In November last year I visited Tongariro National Park around the three volcanoes in the very middle of the North Island. We enjoyed it so much, that this week we went back. The weather was perfect for us, so we went on rather longer walks than we did last time (when we were dodging showers). We were above 1100 metres altitude, staying in the North Island’s main ski village, and in a volcanic area, so the only trees were the pockets of mountain beech we walked through along the banks of a couple of the streams. The shade was welcome, and the sounds of the birds singings and the trickle of streams was calming, and it all made the walking easier. There’s something about walking in New Zealand bush that is meditative. As long as we keep our attention on where our feet are going!
Another in the Thursday Tree Love series – find all the other bloggers doing it here.
A Separate Life 
Thank you for the trees! such a gift.
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Looks a lovely place to walk.
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It’s interesting to see the shapes these trees have taken growing close together as a community and to imagine network of roots intermingling below.
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