22.5km! However 4km of this we did with the scooter. It seemed silly not to take advantage and get out of the boring suburbia via scooter.

It has been mostly of roads the whole day. My ankle really started playing up for the last 5km, I hope it feels better tomorrow. We took a good hour out for lunch on a berm. After lunch was the hardest part of the day for Rowan, for me it was the last 5km. We ran into some North bound hikers who were trying to walk as far as possible before Christmas. There was an aim to get to the reserve today but we ended up pushing another 4km to get to the next spot. We arrived at Kahuterawa outdoor recreation hub just before 4pm. We have had a chat to a few people since arriving. Mike a family man with 4 kids is just heading in now (6.30pm) and expects to be put around 9.30pm. We told him we will probably be asleep by then haha. There is full bike tracks and walking tracks through here and about 15 cars when we arrived. It is a busy place.