Still, as the pictures may show, we enjoyed our visit to the haunted (Shhhhhh! They’re trying to live that down – it scares the kiddies away) Mountain Park Hotel.
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View from bedroom window.
View of Mount Park Hotel, Bulwer
Pub perspectives 1
Pub perspectives 2
For dealing with the naughty: slightly, and you get put in those stocks and have rotten veggies thrown at you. More naughty, and you get appropriate bits of you chopped off on those barrel tops – for the very naughty, it’s the head.
On the way to hiking trails one passes this dam thing …
… and then you stroll up hill and down dale until you reach the base of the peak of Amahaqwa Mountain …
… which actually has a lot of pesky paragliders flitting around it …
… so then you get lost in the forest where the true climb begins, and you give up and stagger home.
I was recommended to try Stormy Hills Trails on the way back for the return to riding I have been wanting for some time. (Pics courtesy of Stormy Hills) This one sees me waving a fond farewell to Much Better Half who does not believe riding horses is something sane people do.
Here I am under way. Zambi may not look particularly big in these shots, but when one notices that a telescope is needed to see the ground from up on his back, one quickly gets the message …
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Pub, fireplace, view, hiking trails and horse. Sounds beautiful and perfect
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A pleasant break, indeed. And the richly deserved stiffness and soreness after all the activity didn’t happen. We’re fitter than we thought we were.
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That last discovery is always good news.
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This place doesn’t seem occupied by ghosties, but it looks as if it could become a favorite haunt of yours! 😉
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Wow! Look at the open space. I think it’s time I make a trip out of London.
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Fortunately, in spite of all they have done to try and mess it up, there is lots of lovely open space still available in UK!
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and how long did you spend in the stocks then!!!!
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I looked and looked, but didn’t see a single ghostly apparition on any of the photos? What’s with the false advertising? 😀
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Typical – when faced with people who would be quite happy to see apparitions and funny stuff, they lurk and sulk.
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You should complain to “Hallo Peter”!
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Yeah, I’m with that . . . sane people prefer stabler travel platforms.
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One can’t better the built-in navigations systems these ones have, though.
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What could possibly be more in a stable than a horse?
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Unless it is a horse in an unstable condition that kicks a hole in it and heads for the hills.
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Point taken!
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