Overnight rain has stopped at dawn, and it turned to be fine
and warm all day. Had a slept in and it was already bright when woke up at
6:45. Late start at 8:30. Rest of the ridgeline walk was completed in 45 mins,
and went into Morepork track. An easy start turned into a challenging
mountainous one with ups and downs, including steep and muddy down hill where I
might have needed to slide down with bums. There was a dairy after getting out
the mangrove forest of Whananaki, and had an
impulse buying of an ice-cream etc there. Got some water there, too. It was
still 15:00, and decided to make my way to next town Matapouri. Walked on a
coastal way viewing beautiful coastal line and looked over the Poor Knights
islands. Arrived at Matapouri at 18:00 in dusk. Couldn't find the campsite
which was on the guidebook. Asked a local person passed by - he was kindly took
me to the farmer who would allow me to pitch a tent in his land. Got some water
from the farmer and camped in the paddock. Walked 30km today.
夜間降っていた雨は明け方には止み、久々に1日中いい天気で暖かかった。寝坊して目覚めた時には6:45ともう明るくなっており、出発は8:30ごろと出遅れた。昨日からの尾根道は45分ほどで降りてしまい、その後すぐモアポーク・トラックへ。とても歩きやすいと思ったのも束の間、すぐにアップダウンのキツい山道となり、中には尻をついて滑り降りるしかないのではと思える、泥でツルツルの急坂も幾つかあった。そこを越え、ファナナキのマングローブ林を抜けたところに、予想外の商店があり、思わずアイスクリーム等を衝動買いしてしまう。水も汲ませてもらった。まだ15:00だったので次の町マタポウリまで行くことにし、美しい海岸線や沖に浮かぶプアナイツ諸島を見ながらの海岸道を行く。マタポウリ到着は暗くなり始めた18:00頃。本によるとある筈のキャンプ場が見当たらず、通りがかりの地元の人に尋ねたら、テントを敷地内に張らせてくれるという知人の農家まで連れて行ってくれた。その家で飲み水ももらい、庭先の牧草地でキャンプ。本日の歩行30km。
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