Got up at 4:30 and started to get myself ready. Just after 5:00 their
son Taigo got up to see me off. Moto was going out to work and gave me a ride
to Whitford. Waited it till getting brighter, and started to walk on the road
to Clevedon. Unfortunately it started to shower at 8:00 and turned to rain at
9:00, exactly as the forecast said. Got back onto TA trail from Twilight Road. Heard there was a good view walking this area, but could not see anything in
far distance in the rain. Arrived at Clevedon at 10:00. According to the
forecast, it would be a thunderstorm between 12:00 -16:00 with 30 - 40mm
rainfalls, so asked The Clevedon Hotel, the only accommodation there, for
permission to pitch a tent on the lawn next to the restaurant. It was $20 to
camp including a bath towel for shower. But the storm did not come, and had to
spend a long day getting bored and regret in tent. Walked 12km today.
4:30に起きて出発の準備をしていたら、息子のタイゴ君が5:00過ぎに起きてきて見送ってくれた。出勤のモトさんの車でウィットフォードまで送ってもらい、少し明るくなるのを待ってクリーブドンへ向けて車道を歩き始める。しかし天気予報通り8:00頃から雨となり9:00頃には本降りに。トワイライト・ロードからTAトレイルに復帰。景色が良いらしいが雨に煙って何も見えない。10:00にクリーブドン着。予報ではこの後12:00〜16:00にかけて30〜40mmもの雷雨になるとのことなので、この町唯一の宿泊施設らしいザ・クリーブドン・ホテルに頼み込み、レストラン横の芝生にテントを張らせてもらう。シャワー用バスタオルも貸してくれて$20。しかし結局予報された集中豪雨はやって来ず、テントの中で長い退屈な一日を過ごすことになり後悔した。本日の歩行12km。
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