Auckland Auckland! Our last whole day

 

Britomart and overpriced coffee. 

That was the start of the day having taken the train from Otahuhu because the Onehunga line - like most lines in Auckland - is closed for repairs. 

Then putting our best face forward we put on our grimaces and started the walks around the Auckland Streets. This turned out to be more interesting than expected, partly due to the ongoing search for the street signs saying where our next corner was. 

Eventually we made our way to the bottom of Eden Park and Jenny insisted we depart the 20km route and go to the top of Mt Eden. And having done this, and hardly complained once, we had the best view of Auckland we could hope for. 

Joanna had also requested a detour through the Wintergarden, so you can see some photos of this as well. 

Then onto Cornwall Park, commissioned and paid for by the John Logan Campbell Trust - after Burger King for sustenance. 

We side-swiped One Tree Hill (Bruce insisted we half summitted it) and on to Royal Oak where the coffee shops were closing and could only give us takeaway coffee and no chairs. 

Consuming the coffee while tra

versing Jellico Park, we exited onto Hill Rd.  This was aptly named, but fortunately we were going down. 

We staggered onto the over-long overpass, and then onto the new old Mangere Pedestrian Bridge. 

Just 3 km to go till be reach our destination via the $2 shop for a check-in bag and the supermarket for bread. 

Seeing Ross in the distance was a welcome sight. Especially as he'd brought us the last of the scorched almonds. 

We sat on the step and did the calculations of our cumulative steps and discovered we have 2.7km to go to get to our goal of 300km. 

Tomorrow will be a sauntering, sashaying, peregrinating day.