Aotearoa Daily Kōrero 27/2/2024
Aotearoa Daily Kōrero 27/2/2024
Welcome to today’s daily kōrero!
Anyone can make the thread, first in first served. If you are here on a day and there’s no daily thread, feel free to create it!
Anyway, it’s just a chance to talk about your day, what you have planned, what you have done, etc.
So, how’s it going?
I know it's Tuesday but did anyone get up to anything exciting over the weekend?
I did the Harcourt Park to Poet's Park Upper Hutt loop with my eldest as part of Bike the Trail on Sunday. It's the furtherest any of my kids have biked (about 12km return) and TBH possibly the furthest I've biked. I deliberately took the most capable so it didn't feel like a long trip in the end.
The normal Bike the Trail goes from Harcourt Park in Upper Hutt to the Riverbank Carpark in Lower Hutt, about 21km, but they do a shorter loop track for people like me taking kids.
Edit: autocorrect keeps changing Upper Hutt to Upper Hurt 😆
Actually yes I did, I was taken to a local festival and saw this tree.
It's really cool, all day they let all the kids do free art and craft activities and display the results.
That's awesome! My kids love going to places and doing drawing/art despite all the art stuff we have at home. I guess it's not the same.
Great effort for a kid! I think the longest I’ve done so far is about 20km. I’m quite enjoying cycling, it definitely feels easier biking 20km than running 20km 😅
Was wet and overcast most of the weekend here, so didn’t really get up to much.
Oh I lie I did do one thing, I learnt and practiced removing, cleaning, reattaching and relubing the chain on my eldest’s old bike.
Oh boy, my bike repair plan is to not ride further from home/car than I can carry the bike back. I really should learn some basic maintenance and repair.
I went looking for some new footwear. I fought the heat and the traffic and the crowds and four hours later came back home empty handed because I couldn't get myself to spend 150-250 dollars for some fucking sandals. I think the next stop is K mart and some cheap ass footwear that might last me two years if I am lucky.
I would normally quote the Boots Theory, but $150-250 for good quality sandals still seems like too much.