14/3/22, Day 101, 26km, Total 2689km
Elevation Gain: 666, Loss: 601m
An easy walking day spoiled by the difficulty in finding somewhere to stay in Kerikeri.
I shouted myself a cooked breakfast and a leasurely start at 8.30 knowing I only had 25km to walk.
At the Waitangi Treaty grounds I didn’t bother to go in and walked straight past. I did take the short side walk to the Mt Bledisloe lookout. Nice view back towards Paihia.
From there the Trail was on forestry roads almost right in to Kerikeri.
I went to McDonald’s for a milkshake and started ringing around for a place to sleep. It ended up being real hard for the first time since I started this trip 6 months ago. The Backpackers and camp grounds were full with seasonal workers or closed due to a Covid infection. I couldn’t even find a place to pitch my tent. So I had to settle on a motel room which was crazy expensive.
