https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co 2022-05-28 daily 1.0 https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/image01.jpg https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/d93a230a.jpg "Can we see the West Coast from here?" (Chapter 1) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/7faf66bd.jpg "landslips frequently closed the pass (Chapter 2)" https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/152c2c14.jpg "What happens if the train comes?" (Chapter 3) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/cea6febd.jpg "The afternoon sun reflected on the mountains" (Chapter 3) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/7b4dfa28.jpg "Welcome home, Fiona" (Chapter 3) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/e873e371.jpg I tried to discern where the pass bisected the mountains (Chapter 3) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/35777d56.jpg His red-and-black checked shirt topped well-worn trousers (Chapter 3) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/e02df636.jpg Fiona, Simon and Jazz on the farm https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/3d7e6e08.jpg Wow, I've never woken to that sight before (Chapter 4) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/fd291b4e.jpg "This shed's called a herringbone" (Chapter 4) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/8941a38c.jpg I gazed down the main street, past the chemist's shop (Chapter 5) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/247b78f1.jpg The most valuable animal on the farm (Chapter 5) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/9989f471.jpg "What are the horses for, Frank?" (Chapter 5) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/6b9b8a33.jpg The calves gambolled in the evening sun (Chapter 6) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/50072e10.jpg The Kereru investigated me (Chapter 6) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/f0a6ded5.jpg "But what if it collapses in the night?" (Chapter 7) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/07a5f8d8.jpg The fire burned in a stone circle (Chapter 7) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/bfb7f25d.jpg Jazz jumped off and lapped the water (Chapter 8) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/f6671289.jpg I can do this with my eyes closed (Chapter 9) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/30700a45.jpg "Have you flown a plane before, Simon?" (Chapter 10) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/e5b4455a.jpg I sat in the driver's seat and studied the controls (Chapter 12) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/2c1e3201.jpg My seat dipped as the mower dropped behind me (Chapter 12) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/ce9609a4.jpg He sat and waited for my invitation to ask him to hop on the four-wheel bike (Chapter 13) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/ae90d0b7.jpg I gasped at another impossibly aqua lake (Chapter 19) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/749af237.jpg How can one country have so much stunning scenery? (Chapter 19) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/d3ffca37.jpg Rather rudely, I took the picture anyway (Chapter 21) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/d1f27cfb.jpg It hesitated at the water's edge and ogled us briefly (Chapter 22) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/8de4fc47.jpg I imagined the scene at the time these formations were created (Chapter 22) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/0f440cd8.jpg It didn't look as steep as our experience suggested https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/3faf62d9.jpg I reckoned this might be the single plane the airline possessed (Chapter 23) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/e17147a7.jpg Rain, sun, rain, all within five minutes (Chapter 23) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/52af27f8.jpg single storey, white houses peeped through the trees (Chapter 23) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/7fb8ccee.jpg a country lane, straight out of a famous five novel (Chapter 23) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/b6bf647b.jpg I splayed on my back next to the sign (Chapter 23) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/88b7c56f.jpg He bent his head to her palm (Chapter 24) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/24a0554e.jpg I stood straight and gazed at the lake (Chapter 26) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/ea1f32f3.jpg We leant out of a hatch, and gawked across the maze (Chapter 26) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/3b6399a0.jpg The deep, blue desolate waters of Lake Wanaka (Chapter 26) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/41a286a2.jpg I made to throw it at Fiona (Chapter 29) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/bd9bc1e7.jpg "welcome to your new residence" (Chapter 29) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/07146d7d.jpg I pushed a teat into the first one (Chapter 29) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/785487b6.jpg "How does the tanker driver know if the milk's acceptable?" (Chapter 29) https://thesceniclandradio.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/5a8394c4.jpg Jazz nudged his nose against me and woke me up (Chapter 31)