Sunday, March 14, 2010

Redvale to Epsom

38.8 km - 7.6 hours

From Redvale (north east of Albany) it was road walking for a bit to get to Long Bay, continuing my bypass of the muddy Okura River. From there down the coast through all the North Shore Bays, with super beaches, and super views from up on the cliffs in between. Took advantage of the outgoing tide to skip some of the cliffs and roads, including continuing at sea level from the south end of Takapuna beach through to Narrow Neck beach (You can't do that at a high tide).

On Cheltenham Beach I paused briefly to watch two of the Loius Vuiton yachts rounding a mark, and then headed off to Devonport to catch the ferry to downtown Auckland. Then a very familiar walk on the Coast to Coast walkway (where I broke the back of my Oxfam Trailwalker training a few years ago) through the university, Auckland Domain, and up to the summit of Mt Eden (view looking back to Rangitoto - pic) before heading to my home in Epsom

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