We had a leisurely departure from Koromiko, and part of the reason for that is that we did not have two schnauzers to wake us up – we miss them a lot but they seem to be quite happy with Stephan and Sandra.
We had noticed that we had a bit of a wheel “shimmer” so our first stop was to a tyre place in Blenheim to have that looked at and corrected. While we were waiting for them, we took a walk along the river, which was crystal clear. we had a coffee and a cheese scone, and then the truck was ready.
We headed then towards Motueka. Unfortunately, I finally succumbed to Bruce’s cold so our plans to go and visit Auntie Ellie and cousin Dee had to be placed on hold.
On the way to Motueka we decided to take a lunch break at a place called Pelorus Bridge. It had extensive parking areas (in the shade for Bruce’s benefit), with several walks through bush. We decided to stroll through the “Totara” bush walk.
The totara trees were very large and fallen logs were covered with soft green moss. The light filtering through the tree tops gave the walk some magical silhouettes.
One particular tree was so old its trunk was all hollow .
The path meandered its way down to the river where some walkers took the opportunity to have a quick dip to cool off.
There were some magical reflections, and the view towards the bridge that we would soon have to drive over was quite pretty.
All too soon we were back on the road, arriving at Motueka to a fairly full NZMCA Park.
Away From Home NZ 