Saturday February 8, 2014

A very late start this morning.  Darby had indicated last night that they usually like a lie-in on a Saturday morning.  We got up around 8:00, Darby and Tammy didn’t get up until well after 9:00.  We had a relaxing breakfast with them and eventually left at about 11:00 am.  We had time to look at their work – Tammy does some lovely work and won an Award at the Hamilton Art Show recently.

The first part of the ride was drizzly, not real rain but a fine mist.  It cleared up to a lovely warm sunny day.  It was only a short distance to ride and most of it on SH39 which was quite scenic and rolling hills.  Some of the Village names make me laugh. Whatawhata – How did this Village get named?

We got into Huntly by 3:30 and found our camp site quite easily. It was another Council run campsite, which means it is reasonably priced and very clean and well maintained.

Not sure what sort of bird this is.  The next one is a Heron.

The site was located next to this wetland, it had a 4 km path around the small lake which was being well used by runners, bicyclists and walkers