Simply cycling around
Today I’m gonna to visit Kawhia at least. On my map I’ve seen they is a natural hot pools next to the beach. If I could find it, it should be great. It will be a kind of shower :-) Then I will decide if I continue travelling towards Raglan or if I stay in Kawhia for a night.
2 days ago, before I leave the petrol station, I asked to the woman how was the road, if it was hilly or gravel or difficult… she answer me : “no, it’s easy, it’s along the river. There is few hills and some 20 metres gravel parts sometimes”. Hmmm, she was pretty correct but not for the gravels. It’s much Moe than 20m! But fortunately it’s compacted.
That’s a cloudy morning but I have to move. When I looked at the weather forecast last time they announced rain for today. I expected to stay here the day but finally I prefer keep moving. I’ve cooked my lunch and dinner so I’m pretty ready. And if it’s start raining again I will find a spot and wait…
Today is a nice day and I’m going to continue my trip towards Auckland. I’ve plenty of time but as every time I prefer to anticipate. Geordie, Carissa and her family are really nice people and I had a good time yesterday night. Finally it was a good thing to not have crossed the “Whitecliffs walkway” yesterday and even more better because I’ve seen the cliffs! Maybe if I had continued onto the difficult track I couldn’t see the coast side. So this is two positive things :-)
Today could be a tough day or not. I’ve no idea if it’s possible to do that walkway or not but at least I will try. If a can’t pass it I will have to reach the main road again and take the “normal” way.
Yes the sun came back and it’s a nice warm day :-) Today I’m going to reach the departure of the “whitecliffs walkway” I want to pass through that one tomorrow and avoid 30km of the main road. I want to stick as much as possible to the sea because the main road is going inland almost all the way until Auckland. It’s maybe shorter but I have enough time to choose a side trip. Let’s go!
Today I’m going to have a one more day off. It’s still raining and so windy. This is the worst part. I thought this king of weather was only seen in Wellington! I’ve got something to do in the city so I don’t feel I will waist my time here. And. I have to find another place where to stay tonight because the last one…