Cycling Day 25: Up again!
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Out on the water this morning
Not me though - needs to be a warmer day for that!
18 April 2026 - 11:40
At least it's stopped raining...for now!
Heading for a free mountain campsite (no showers) which is 39km uphill. The last supermarket/food shop is less than 8km away, so I will need to carry plenty of food!
18 April 2026 - 11:56
18 April 2026 - 14:22
18 April 2026 - 14:51
18 April 2026 - 15:22
18 April 2026 - 15:38
This is a beautiful, often single-track, road winding up next to the lake and then the river. Shame it's a bit drizzly and the up is such hard work!
18 April 2026 - 15:47
18 April 2026 - 15:58
Otabi Falls
Phew!
That was a lot of ascent today, but I made it to the (free) campsite I was aiming for! Squat toilets, no power and no mobile phone signal, but I've somewhere to camp and hopefully it'll not rain for long enough for my tent to dry out a bit after the rain as I was packing it this morning!
The last shop before the campsite was a bit of a let down. They were very nice, and even gave me 3 of their own croissants when I asked for a loaf of bread and they didn't have one, but the tofu and wild veg was expensive and the bento boxes a bit small. Hopefully I've enough food for a couple of days though so I can hike tomorrow...if the weather isn't too bad to!
I had intended to try to hike Mount Ishizuchi, the highest peak on the island (1982m), but the roads getting in and out looked tough and the trail at the top is marked as black on my map (very difficult, and I've not made it up some of those before!), so I'll be trying, the slightly smaller, Mount Tsutsujo (1860m). It's trails are even marked on Google Maps, so they hopefully won't be disappearing ones!