Lunch on Blackpool beach then on via the well marked track up to Church bay road via the trig to Pio Rehuatai reserve then heading back to the coast at Church bay for the final stretch to Matiatia and the art works.
In spite of my dire predictions of huge crowds it wasn’t too bad getting tickets – thanks to those who turned up very early at 8 am to the Fullers ticket area This was actually shut for some time- you were good company for coffee anyway! As there were huge crowds in the week when I explored the route I was taking with the slower party I can only observe that human behaviour is most unpredictable!