Met up with the chooks again at Taitua Arboretum, on a cooler morning, heading westward via quiet country roads with frequent views in all directions.
These took me to the Raglan road, through Whatawhata, across the Waipa River, then picked up the Waipa River Walk. Some pleasant walking alongside the river, and a new found skill for when brambles grab my legs - Freeze ! Not many of those, but then two paddocks of boisterous young cattle - the sort that like to run up behind you when you are not looking and have to be shooed away before they bowl you over.
And so around the tiver some more, and some more quiet country roads to the start of the Kapamahunga Walkway - a walk along farm tracks through hilly limestone country with great views and cattle that were just happy to run away. Just loving the Waikato hills (pic).
A patch of pleasant bush, then some more quiet country roads to the start of tomorrow's Mt Pirongia jaunt.
have a blog walknz.org.nz that is about hiking including Te Araroa - your track descriptions are solid. Mind if I use these in the blog - wll obviously credit / direct traffic to you
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