Day 116, Lake Camp to Geraldine
A little light rain last night but I slept well. The forecast for today was bad for the afternoon so I thought I would walk down to Hakatere Historic Town where I could shelter until the shuttle came by in the afternoon.
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| Camp spot in the trees |
There was only a little drizzle in the morning so when I had a look round Hakatere I thought I would try the road again and the first vehicle stopped, a campervan with Pete and Dean inside!
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| Gravel road |
Thy had taken a wrong turn earlier in the day and arrived at the road late and camped there. The camper took us to Mount Somers where I stopped and tried to hitch while Pete and Dean walked on also hitching.
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| Gloomy morning |
I stood in the rain with little traffic and no-one stopping for about an hour until, wet and demoralised, I walked into the village and sat in the café to wait for the shuttle to pick me up.
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| Looking back |
The rain got heavier but at least I was looking at it through a window. It was a very nice place to wait, eating pies and sandwiches and drinking tea. Two other walkers arrived while I was there, but went out to hitch again.
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| Hakatere Station |
Bill, the American I met previously came in then. He is walking the river bypass as well and was going to camp at Mount Somers.
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| El Tejido appreciated the little card at the Holiday Park |
Brian, the shuttle guy arrived to take me to Geraldine, an interesting drive over the Canterbury Plains with enormous dairy herds out grazing and massive irritation systems standing idle in the pouring rain.
I was told that normally everything was turning brown at this time of the year and the irrigators were working full time to keep the grass growing for the cows. Climate change has struck here as well.
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