On Sunday I went tramping with the local tramping club to the Mangamuka hut up in the Kaimai Ranges. It was a hot and sunny day, so it was nice to be in the bush for most of the walk.
It starts
off walking up a farm drive way at the end of Te Tuhi Rd. It is shingle and up, up, up. I was
pretty puffed by the time I got to the stile into the paddocks. We
crossed over several stiles as we went across the paddocks. (Has anyone else noticed that stiles
come in many styles)
There
was more up as we went to the bush line. At the bush line we crossed over a pretty stream, which
was hardly flowing, because of the drought. Then it got steep. Whew!
I was quite wobbly in my legs and had to sit down for a while and
drink some electrolytes.
We
went down into little gullies with almost dry stream beds and back up
the other side again. A couple of streams smelt like something dead
was in it. Phew! We were glad to cross them quickly. It is a pretty
bush, but not a lot of bird life. We heard 1 tui and a few fantails.
At
the top the track leveled off quite nicely and walking was much
easier. We had lunch at the hut and after a rest we headed back down
again. It was easier as it was more down hill than up. By the time we
got back to the cars we had done 13.08 ks. I thought I would have
sore legs this morning, but all is good, so I am very pleased about that.
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| bush views |
The picture of me was taken in front of a huge tree root that had
blown over.
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| bush views |
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| Low flowing stream |
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