We set off from Wellington to Taranaki on Thurs 24th Jan on a miserable, grey day which was ideally suited to our long, boring drive ahead of us.... over 320km to New Plymouth....& not a lot to see.
This section of New Zealand is probably the most un-interesting, just flat boring farm land.
We were making our way to stay with Annie's friend Catherine in new Plymouth the following day and also wanted to get somewhere near to Mount Taranaki. Annie & Catherine worked together in Japan, India & Singapore!
We stopped a couple of times and considered where we would be staying the night but decided to crack on and get most of the journey done in one trip. Eventually we stopped in a small town called Stratford which was quite appropiate because Annie had taken Catherine to Stratford the last time that she was in the UK when she stayed with us.
We knew it was somewhere near Mt Taranaki but could not see the mountain from our accomodation at a camping/backpackers/trampers site just outside the town.
We stayed in a comfy 'bach' with shared kitchen and facilities and after driving for over 5
Road to New Plymouthhours we wandered into town through the rain and got 'provisions' from a supermarket.
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