Track

60 mile cycle today, almost entirely on this old railway track, so totally flat, but hard going all the same, firstly into a head wind, then the heat of the day. Little shelters along the way where there used to be railway stations - a bench in the shade, to catch my breath and re-energise. I have reached that far mountain - Mount Te Aroha - and a campsite with hot mineral pool - bliss after the blistering heat.