The icy grip of winter - Waipara style

The original Pemberley website has been decomissioned and in so doing I now have to find another server to host our news. I've decided not to upload all the construction photos again but concentrate on progress since the house was built. AND any activities that go on in the area or in our lives.
So here goes.
Life in North Canterbury!
To start with we're in Winter and that means it should be cold - and it can be. But May was anything but. It was warm, windless and utterly wonderful. We headed up to Mt Cass as often as we could - Roger running up and I more sedately walking. Every time I take the camera and snap snap snap. I have watched the Autumn colours of the Waipara River bed change from golden yellow to a soft brown... the big blue mass of Mt Grey ever present in the distance.
The walk up Mt Cass is 400m over 7.6km. The GPS tells us so. That's from the carpark to the viewing area. The trig is at 525m but the farmer has put up a fence to discourage walkers. Roger now runs a loop - down the spur and then back up.
We never tire of the vistas. I hope you see what I mean...