Then on to the Anawhata road and back down the Rose track. We didn’t stop in the usual spot by the stream for lunch – the one before the Nikau grove. This should have alerted me to the fact that Roger, our intrepid leader, was pressing on as there was a lot of ground to cover………………
Up and down, on and on via the Maungaroa ridge track to Usshers cross (eventually) and out to the Piha road where the bus was waiting for us. There were a few other tracks we should have done but Roger had mutiny from the ranks who took a short cut to get back to the bus by 4 o’clock. A good natured mutiny, of course.
Peter’s GPS told us we had covered over 16 km over some reasonably demanding tracks so it had been a good tramp. Thanks to Garry for organising the 25 trampers who turned out and to Campbell for driving us and leading the slow party on a good adventure. Phew! A hot day too……………….