After a 30 km walk along the beach. I stopped for a rest day at Maunganui Bluff campsite. Two guys I'd met on the way arrived several hours after I did, around 9.30. One of them had a serious foot injury and could hardly walk. They both decided to pull the pin on their journey and were lucky to get a lift from a passing Fisheries truck
Feeling a lot refreshed, and my feet began talking t
o me agai, I headed off on a 30km jaunt along the beach again. With regular stops every hour, I reached my destination 9 hours later. Walking on hard, wet sand is very hard on the feet, and mine were burning a bit. Never mind, part of the "fun" 🤪 Found a nice campsite, with hot showers at Hukatere!! Yeah!
Today, day 4, an 18km walk to another campsite at Ngapae holiday park. Really lovely people run it and they were very generous and kind to me. Laundry done. Watered and fed. Short 14km walk to Ahipara tomorrow, the maybe couple of rest days. All for now, I'm off to bed soon. I've added a few more photographs to my gallery for you to peruse.
Cheers, Duncan
