Another Wairarapa road less travelled
Summertime, and the living’s easy, well for me until Monday anyway. Mrs H still has to turn up for work each afternoon.
Today it was blowing a gale but fine and warm with it, so we decided to Walpole over the Hill to the Fush for some comestibles and caffeinated beverages. Excellent!
After curtailing our Walpoling activities, we hit the road in the general and approximate direction of home. Reaching the intersection of the East-West Access Road and the Western Lake Road, we turned left, instead of the usual right. It had been several years since we had last sallied forth in that direction, turning at the end of the seal.
Today we noted that the seal had been extended southwards significantly, not to mention significantly southwards, affording most excellent views across Lake Onoke to the vast and bustling metropolis that is Lake Ferry. Such was our sense of adventure and unfettered derring-do that we pressed onwards onto the corrugated gravel for a couple of km to discover, to our delight, that the macadam resumed.
It would have been offensive to the roading engineers responsible not to continue onwards. And what a treat was in store for us in terms of scenic coastal grandeur! A few more km later the seal ended once more. So significant were the corrugations in the gravel at that point that we turned and retraced our tracks.
The views were even better on the return journey. But alas, the trusty Canon PowerShot was charging itself at home, making the capturing of photographic records impossible.
However we will return, with either a still camera or helmetcam to capture and share this experience.
There are a few stretches of nicely sealed twisties south of the EWAR/WLR intersection. Highly recommended!
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Originally Posted by MD
Opps did i say that! 
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