My day started quite early, more exactly at 4 a.m., because I had to start walking along the coast 3 hours after the high tide.
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| My destination |
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| Cliffs |
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| Still far away |
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| Running all the way to the cape. |
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| Beach with a hut where being topless is fine and directions to some countries. No Slovenia though. |
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| Black Reef Gannet Colonies (Strmoglavci in Slovene) |
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| Getting closer |
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| At this point I decided to continue by the beach, but in the end I had to return to this point and continue to the right |
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| Seal came out of nowhere. Roaring sound behind me scared the hell out of me. |
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| The tide was still low, so I had enough time to visit another gannet colony |
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| On my way back I said bye to the Black Reef Gannet colony |
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| The worst spaghetti in my life, even though I put some extra peas inside |
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| Leaving my camp-site in Clifton |
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| Turned around and filled the gas |
My next daily event was riding on the
Napier-
Taihape Road more known as the Gentle Annie which rises to 980 m at its peak. The Gentle Annie road takes its name from the descent from the
Central Plateau into the
Kaweka forest. Great ride, with some rain.
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| Gentle Annie is a nice road with no traffic at all |
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| Springvale Bridge - Rangitikei River Bridge Number 75, as it was officially christened in 1925 |
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| The tree must've fallen down just a couple of minutes before I arrived |
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| Local guy offered me a tea. Thanks! |
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| After half an hour, the machinery arrived and road was opened again |
I continued my riding south through some valleys and gorges around
Taihape, the gumboot capital of the world. Roads were bad, but the views were nice. I ended my day in
Feilding camp-site.
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| Red Sonja did a great job today. I guess she likes the new tyres. |
Riding The Gentle Annie and roads around Taihape
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