No longer a purist!

We were up and out early today after camping in a farmer's field by the river. Such an idyllic spot after the hardship of ratea. Our mission was to ascend up onto the ridge line above the forests, up into the hills and once at the highest point descend all the way back down to puketi campground hq. It didn't quite go like that as rightly or wrongly once at the highest point of the trek and taking a quick stop for lunch a forestry worker who we had spoken to earlier in the day offered us a lift.......so we took one look at each other and snatched at it. He took us all the way to Kerikeri!