The day dawned cloudy and windy. The norwester funnelled down the lake. The original plan when Peewee left the hostel was to walk to Frankton and catch a 🚌. The walk to Frankton was really nice along the side of the lake especially once we turned the corner into Frankton Arm. On reaching the bus stop we decided nah we can walk this😜. So after dropping some stove spare fuel with the lovely Christie to pass on we headed up the Queenstown trail. It looked shorter than the official walk, and avoided the road walking that Peewee does not enjoy. All was sweet... we had it sorted. We walked past the events centre and through Frankton shopping complex. Peewee discovered he has a sensitive nose as we passed by the water treatment ponds. We stopped just past the Shotover bridge to slap on some sunscreen as the weather had cleared.
Then it was on to the Edith Carell bridge to watch the jet boats. Peewee thought cool 😎 only another 13 kms to go, we will have that cut out in three or four hours. As we continued the weather continued to clear and little did we know this was the last time Peewee would see water until Arrowtown. It was pleasant mouching along. A few cyclists passed us as we sauntered through subdivisions and along grass verges. It just kept getting hotter, then there was the steep but short climb into Millbrook. To say the least Peewee was pretty parched. There was still another 5 km to Arrowtown.
On arrival in Arrowtown Peewee could have drunk the place dry! So after stopping for some water and a 2 litre bottle of lemonade Peewee headed of to the campground ⛺️ to make his bed for the night.
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