We had a nice slow start today - crunchy nut cornflakes (Luke's favourite) and bananas and yogurt for breakfast with a nice cup of tea.
We walked alongside the lake a short way before picking up the road to Till's lookout. The TA route takes you through the Taitua Arboretum via cycle path but if you take the foot path instead you can enjoy a nice path through trees and past chicken pens (or chook pens as they call them here!).
You come out through the car park, follow road for a few km and then follow farm land- be warned, the electric fence is live!! Was in deep conversation with Luke and Renee about which way was the right way when I leant on the fence behind me only to be shocked despite their being nothing in the field to protect! To cross, I thought going underneath would be easier so I drop and rolled under the wire straight on top of a thistle - not my day obviously!
We carried on over the corn fields until we found a place to camp on Old Mountain Road. A small sign outside their gate pointing to a hose pipe labelled 'drinking water for hikers, 5meters' made it obvious they were TA friendly so we stopped for the day at 24km- it was a hot day too so we were pleased to stop early and pitch the tents (and compare awful tan marks). When the family went out for the evening, we had a quick wash under the hose before cooking and having a game of cards in the tent before bed.
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