Another day of good weather despite the forecast!
We had a four hour canoe ride to the Bridge to Nowhere and then another two hours to our next camp.
Having managed okay with the boats the day before, we decided to take the day a bit more slowly. We pulled our boat together with Olli and Renee's and we let the river pull us down instead of rowing - felt a bit lazy but didn't care!
Somehow we still beat the four hour estimated time and arrived at the bridge in three hours.
As we were pulling the boats in, a guided tour rammed their five boys in front of ours so we had to wait 15 minutes for the doughnut leader to get everyone off before we could tie our own boats up. To avoid the rabble, we had lunch on the landing before walking up to the bridge.
Luke felt unwell after lunch. We think it was probably sun stroke because he had his coat on after the walk up to the bridge in 20 degree heat!
He made it up to the bridge nonetheless but, despite the history, it was crap.
It's supposed to be 'a bridge to nowhere' because the land, which had been gifted to families after the war, was unfit for farming and had to be abandoned. The big concrete bridge that had been built to provide the people who lived and farmed there access to the land had therefore become a bridge to nowhere because there was nothing there.
Now, however, there is a track on the other side with a picnic bench and a big information board. The bridge has all been cleaned up of any weeds etc so it is actually quite a well maintained bridge to somewhere. Disappointing!
Anyway- despite the detour, the rest of the day was spent making sure Luke was ok. He started falling asleep on the back of the boat so Renee and Olli stayed near and I tried to paddle straight as best I could.
When we got to the campsite, we carried the barrels up and set up the tent, and Luke had a little nap on the grass. I took his gross shoes off (or what was left of them) and put a pillow under his head because I am girlfriend of the year.
I then got the dinner stuff ready and fed him chocolate when he woke up until he felt better! Chocolate fixes everything!
Even though I thought I had had an easier day, by the time it got to 8pm I couldn't keep my eyes open! We had a nice early night and slept very well indeed.
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