the muffin story...

Had last week at Paynes just got back to Taupo. Top cragging to be had and thats no lie. One morning a lady came round Hangdog (the owner possibly??)and asked if someone would go and see if they could find her friends camera which she had dropped off the veiwpoint at The Grove a wee way towards Pohara. I told her that if no one else in the camp could do it to come back to me and I would go. Quick as wildfire the buzz went round that some geezer was going to do this job and funnily enough she came back to me soon. Was taken out to The Grove by a local lady Pounamu who told me she had an American visitor who had dropped the camera off the viewpoint the day before. After two abseiling/prussicking bush bashes off the railing I found the camera in amongst the scrub, very good show. Got back to Hangdog and Pounamu wanted to give me $20 from her American friend as a thankyou. I said no, but to give the money to charity. I got a hug from her which was plenty. Then the next day Pounamu dropped off some muffins for me, but we were away climbing or exploring some drinking hole somewhere, some odd beer hereabouts, all very good too. Anyhow after the Hangdog crew spent the next few smokos trying to find me the muffins were starting to turn and they ate them. Happy folk all round. So ends the muffin story, good night my dears.