Day three and four on the track
Day 3 on the track started out rainy. First up we visited the Hayes engineering works. - lots of old machinery driven by an overhead belt system. Hayes himself came out with his family from Scotland around the 1860’s and was a bit of a well known NZ inventor. The works were abandoned as is years ago and were recently set up as a museum which includes a lovely old house. By the time we finished, the rain had stopped and we headed off on the trail.

Around lunchtime we reached the highest point and so it was all downhill from there - not counting more ups and downs. Even on the downs we usually had to pedal to make headway in the gravel.



That night we stayed in Ranfurly - the art deco capital of NZ.

Day 4 was gloriously sunny again and we rode alongside a rugged wooded gorge with a river in the bottom.






















That night was spent at Hyde in an old country pub converted to a B&B. Food was terrific and it was fun to catch up with some of the people we had met on the trail.