Day Five - Waikato River trails and then The Timber Trail

Thursday. 2:30 pm Maungakino Cafe - the kitchen closed at 2! Better day today. Still stinking hot but at least we are off the long hot straight roads of the Waikato. Camped out at Waipu Reserve and hot a good breakfast at Arapuni. Then it was back Onto the river trails. Much slower going with lots of climbs and switch backs, and one of the team had a minor technical issue. Almost enjoyable but ran out of water an hour before Maungakino. Had a really nice swim in Waikato at one point, good job there is no zoom function on the spot trackers!

This is the last stop for food until Taumaranui as we are heading into the Timber Trail (86 km) next. Probably be camping out halfway at Piropiro and then Taumaranui for a late breakfast.