Pearls On Wheels

A warmer day today - around 11-13degC- still within heated jacket range. Sun shining. Glaciers glistening. Blue-hued Icebergs floating toward the Atlantic Ocean.  Lupins casting their lilac glaze over the hillsides and along the roads. A gravel road lures us to a glacier a few steps from the road end. Many sheep. Shorn sheep. Are these self shearing sheep?  Massive Mesa. A walk to  Skogafloss - a grand waterfall framed in lush green. And home for Icelandic lamb fillet for dinner. A wonderful day on the road.                          

It was 22 degC at 8.00am as we set off from Gisborne. A warm and wonderful day ahead for us to  explore back roads and rural roads  through lush pastureland where sheep mustering and sheep shearing are in full swing.  Road cones warn us of men and dogs droving mobs of sheep along the roads. The delicate perfume of wild roses and flowering broom fill the air. Sometimes I listen to music while we ride along. In the morning  I listen to Renee Maurice   StarJam   tutor and winner of NZ Got Talent. We have been fans of hers for years throughout her time at StarJam. Each time I listen a still small voice speaks to me. Today the voice spoke of Mercy from Renee's Quintessential Melody album. Each grievance forgot, Each grudge forgiven Each mind made up That life’s for livin' We know our luck For we’ve been given…. mercy.  Riding on the back of the bike is a good place for grievances to be dealt with and dropped off as we ride a...