I had a non existent sleep again, exhausted and frustrated. All I can hope for is that the moon is the cause of these sleepless nights. I get up to pee and I tell Rowan I am going to attempt to sleep some more. So we relax in the tent till 8am. We end up chatting to Pip for a few hours while having some breakfast and tea. We lay out all our gear and I attempt to remove as much mud as possible. There isn’t much sun but it seems to be enough to dry out most items. We finally get packed up and walk a kilometre into town and have some lunch. We had already decided we will only be walking a small distance along the Puhoi Track to Reminger Road, as there is a new council camp site there. It felt longer with a lot of up and downs, boots covered in mud through the farmland. The forests were beautiful but were very quiet I saw hardly any birds. The swing bridge near the end was covered with some debris from the floods a week ago but still good. The last 1km slog to the camp was the hardest. We got here with some light left in the sky, quickly pitching the tent. Then we pulled out clothes and had a wash with a cloth under a tap, wasn’t too bad. I set the inner tent up with all the gear while Rowan made us some soup. I think this will be the quietest camping spot so far. I have decided to try wearing my buff like a eye mask to see if it helps me sleep tonight.