Back on the trail and we had a huge day ahead. The trail had an alternative route that had to be followed. The problem was it was 20k further than the original closed trail. By days end we had trekked 40 km (largely roadtrail) to our hosts Ros and Hugh at “Tidesong”. What was lovely is that on greeting us, Ros asked if we’d like a cold beer. Our eyes bulged with delight and the answer was a hearty ‘yes please!’.
Ros and Hugh had grown up in the Waiuku area. They sold land there 40 years ago and bought 3 times the amount of land in the north. Once finishing sheep farming they had bought a lifestyle block on the edge of an inlet at Pataua South.
We pitched our tent in the totara trees and settled in for the night.
How lovely. Deborah and Phil stayed a warm shower homes in France and have already hosted two lots of guests on the same program here. Bronwyn H
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