Untitled by malcandmarjetpatterson at Garmin Connect - Details
10/11/2014
Harhari to Franz Josef
We had a meal in the hotel bar last night and in my wisdom I choose the whitebait patties. It was after all the last week of the whitebait fishing season and I like whitebait. Mostly fish meals have been excellent even in takeaways with lovely fresh fish and huge portions. Not this time I got a very overcooked omelette with some crunchy bits in it. Those of you who know me know how much I like my food so this was a serious setback!
We were expecting wet weather so were quite
relieved to see a bright sky. Neither of us was too keen to stay
another night in the hotel and had expected to be sitting the day out
due to the predicted bad weather and were surprised to have good
weather for cycling and made the plan to aim for Whataroa or further
if the weather held. Which it did fortunately and we made it to Franz
Josef in the dry before the weather exploded from dry to monsoon.
Anyway
the ride was very straight forward and not taxing at all. It was a
bit of a shame that we didn't get good views because the mountain
tops where all in cloud but hey ho we were dry and it was plenty warm
enough to stop for some lunch along the way. As per usual we headed
for the I site in Franz Josef to search out the best value place to
stay. We were directed to the Glow Worm , a lovely friendly
hostel with free hot tub, free popcorn, free evening soup and free
breakfast. We delighted in listening to the absolute downpour
throughout the rest of the afternoon and night. Fully intending to
stay another day to let the bad weather pass and visit the local hot
springs and wildlife centre where we would have the chance to finally
see a kiwi (the bird varity).
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| Power food |
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| Reminded me of Chris and Sue |
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