It supposed be an easy day today with only 13km walk to the
campsite to stay tonight, but turned to a terrible one. Had a good sleep last
night and ate non dried food like fish pie, yoghurt, fresh fruit etc. for
breaky at the dairy next door. Cheerfully started at 9:00. Got lost at the
entrance of the track and went into a path through a forest. After a few hours
of trial and error for finding a way, decided to turn back to the start point. On my way back, found a track sign at a trail
looked like a farm road. Felt totally dumbfounded. My wristwatch showed I have
wasted 5 hours in total. At 17:00 arrived at Apple Tree campsite. Pitched tent
and cooked food in a rush as it was getting dark quickly. The ground was dump
and there was no flat spot for camping. Water contained lots of impurities,
needed to be filtered. It was't a good campsite at all. It rained continuously from the morning to the evening. Bedtime at 20:30 as being so exhausted. Walked approximately 20km as having got
lost.
今日は指定キャンプ場の位置の関係で歩行13kmと楽な筈が散々な日になった。昨夜は久々に良く眠れ、また朝食も隣の店で魚のパイ、ヨーグルト、果物等、乾燥食品以外のものを食べ、9:00に元気に出発。しかし、山道への入り口を見落としてその先の林道へ迷い込んでしまい、無駄に右往左往することに。数時間後に諦めて元来た道を引き返したところ、牧場の私道だと思い通り過ぎた道に標識を発見。思わず目が点になった。時計を見ると計5時間も空費していた。予定のアップル・ツリー・キャンプ場に17:00頃到着。急速に日が暮れていくのを気にしながら、大急ぎでテント設営や食事の支度。しかし平らな所がなくジメジメしており、飲み水にも不純物がたくさん混じりフィルターが必要になるなど、お世辞にも気持ちの良いキャンプ場ではない。天気は朝から晩まで断続的に雨が降り続けた。疲れ切ったので8:30に就寝。歩行距離・迷ったのでたぶん20km。
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