Te Araroa (day 22) - Taumarunui [Nero day] / mile 650
A near zero day, I've only walked 10 miles to town and called it a day. There was a lot of chores I had to do, mainly charge up the phone, wash the clothes and have a shower. Taumarunui seemed like a perfect spot as it had a 'hiker heaven' a canoe renting place which allowed people to camp for free even if they didn't book anything with them (there's a canoe section incoming, but I decided to skip it for the time and money saving reasons). Morning was quite foggy which made for a few interesting pictures. I arrived at Taumarunui before 11am, had a Maccas, resupplied in New World and started walking towards canoe hire campground which was few miles out of town, I got stopped by Gavin a local builder who offered me a ride there. After arriving at the campsite I had a quick nosey around, picked up a funky Hawaiian shirt and a cycling leggings someone left behind and put them on, all my stuff was going to the wash. I put t...