Louis Creek Bypass Bypass

Today, because our legs are creaking and threatening to fall apart completely, we took a bypass to bypass a bypass.
The main trail here goes down a river gorge but there is a wet weather bypass. The usual route to the wet weather bypass involves quite a long dogleg. But we bypassed the dogleg up a forestry road. Our bypass cut 8km off the bypass.
The full wet weather bypass is quite long at over 30km. We hope to finish the remaining 24km tomorrow if our munted legs will let us.
Today we wandered in the rain alongside SH1 to the little town of Mangamuka Bridge where they sell the best long black coffees in Northland. Then we wandered through dairy farm country infested with kingfishers and paradise shelducks. Eventually we wandered up a forestry road that meandered between pinus radiata stands and kauri forest. And then the heavens opened. This time we followed Tramping Rule 5 and 10 minutes later we pitched our tent in the sunshine.Baca lagi