Day 61, Palmerston North to Kahuterawa car park (1530)
The forecast threatened rain for today but even though some of the clouds looked rather black the rain kept away and by the afternoon it was bright and sunny again but quite windy.
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| Esplanade park |
The path leaves Palmy through the Victoria Esplanade Park a well kept area with a 10 1/4 gauge railway running through it, diesel unfortunately.
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| Bridge over the river |
A new footbridge goes across the river to Massey University farm where they are doing research into grass growing and other dairy type subjects.
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| Morning river |
There was a very nice café amongst the buildings and, even better, a free coffee for TA walkers.
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| University hedge |
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| Café |
The trail follows good paths and cycleways until clear of the town and then a mixture of minor road and paths.
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| Footpath / cycleway |
Of course I managed to go the wrong way at one point, following a well marked path, but unfortunately the wrong one! Only a short diversion.
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| Countryside |
I arrived at the Kahuterawa car park in good time and spent some time debating with myself about wether to go further today, in the end deciding to stay, probably a decision that I will regret tomorrow.
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| Halfway! |
The car park has an ideal campsite with a toilet, cooking shelter, water and a nice Mauri decoration, plenty of space and no-one else here.
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| Footbridge on the path |
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| Interesting tree |
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| Car park decoration |
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