Wednesday 5th February - Harihari to Franz Josef Glacier

This morning was a beautiful morning with low cloud rising steadily from the valley.  Tony was up and out early with the camera to capture the scene. We had a lovely gentle ride today once we trundled over Mt Hurcules, it sounds much worse than it is.     We stopped at a picnic spot near Wahopo lake as I had made sandwiches for our lunch, ate quickly though despite it being a lovely spot, due to sand fly invasion.  Catherine caught a few on her arms again.

The clouds lifted late morning and the snowy tops came into sight.

Had a coffee and postcard writing stop at Whataroa village at about the half way point.

A demonstration of the NZ sense of humour on show once again. 

Below, relaxing at out camp at the Top 10 site at Franz Josef Village with the glacier in sight, machine wash all done and drying nicely on the line, afternoon tea and biscuits now I think!