Last night there were
full of stars up in the sky, and weather turned to be rainy. At 6:00 woke up
with heavy rainfall. Luckily it stopped at 7:00 and blue sky above me at 8:00
when I started. Passed trail I have camped in 30 minutes, and walked on a sealed
road rest of the day. Needed some water but here was no water supply on a way. Saw a lady coming out from a cafe that was closed for winter season, so asked
her to fill my water bottle. There was a estuary that I needed to walk across
at low tide, and started late this morning to be in time. Walked faster than
expected walking on a sealed road, and arrived at crossing point 2 hours
earlier. Did not want to wait for the time doing nothing, and decided to make a
detour on the road. Last 1 hour my soles of feet became unbearably painful, as
I have been walking on a concrete road for long hours. Changed boots to
sandals. This evening, stayed in a cabin in the Te Ara Roa Campsite, which a
young farmer built along the road in his farmland. $10 donation for one night
stay. Had a good chance to get wet tent, sleeping bag and clothes dry. The name
of the farm was Ara Roa that the campsite name comes from. Walked 20km (actual
distance was 27km including detour) today.
昨晩寝る前は満天の星空だったが、夜の間に雨となり6:00前に激しい雨音で目覚めた。しかしついていることに7:00頃には止み8:00の出発時には青空に。野宿した山道は30分ほどで抜け、あとは終日舗装された車道を行く。途中、給水地がなくどうしようか考えていると、冬季閉鎖中のカフェから人が出てきたので、お願いして水筒に水を一杯にしてもらった。今日のコースでは干潮時に合わせて干潟を渡る部分があり、ちょうどその時刻に到着するよう出発を遅らせたつもりが、車道だと思っている以上に早く歩いてしまうのか、2時間も前に着いてしまった。そこで何もない場所で2時間待つよりはと、干潟を迂回する車道を歩き続けたが、路面が固いせいか最後の1時間は足裏が耐えられないほど痛くなりサンダルに履き替えた。今晩は沿道の牧場の若者が自宅の敷地内に整備したというテ・アラ・ロア・キャンプ場のキャビンに$10の寄付金で投宿。テントや寝袋、湿った衣類を乾かす良い機会になった。牧場の名前がアラ・ロアというらしい。本日の歩行20km（迂回したので実質27kmほど）
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