Taranaki Landscape

Driving down, last Friday, the beautiful coast road from

Awakino to New Plymouth, as I often do, I saw,

and noticed, probably for the seventh or eighth time

this uptorn root system.

On this occasion, although I was very anxious to get

home and had already driven past it, I

stopped the car, turned around and went

back. It took some willpower, but I'm glad

otherwise I wouldn't be writing this post.

Notice the remains of a pa site on the hill in the background.

Time is softening the look of these sites.