Te Kuiti to pureora camp ground 64? Km
After finishing the last of my packing and saying good bye to my mum (at who's place I been staying at for the last week) i get on the road heading into te kuiti - around 5 km away. Getting into te kuiti my first stop is the supermarket to get food for the next few days then the wherehouse for some battery's - I end up getting a pack of a battery charger and 4 aa rechargeable battery (got sick of buying one use battery's) as well as two battery's for my wireless bike computer also a pack of cable ties (one can never have too many cable ties : ) - saw a ta (te Araroa trail) walker out side the wherehouse so ended up chating to them for a bit then it's time to head out of town for a 55? Road ride to pureora forest and the start of the timber trail cycle trail - a 84 km cycle trail that uses a mix of old logging roads, old bush tramline, gravel roads and some new trails - heading though farm land up and down some hills - it's a hot day getting up to 35c (that's what the bike computer says - well it's hot enough to melt the tarseal on the road) at benneydale I stop for a drink at the shop (was going to get a powerade from the little shop but had to backtrack to the café to get a bottle of powerade as there was none in the shop) i got chatting to some people in a car that was parked out side the little store - maybe I should get a t-shirt with a FAQ of the top 5-10 questions I get asked all the time like how many km I ride each day (any where between 5 km to 190 km depending on how I feel : ) then its back on the road to I get to the turn off to pureora forest and down maraeroa Rd for a few km to the doc camp ground - stopping in at a place for tourists and got chating to another ta walker then it was off to the camping ground to set up camp for the night chating to a few people at the camp ground before heading off to bed for the night
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