Part 1 of the Journey appeared in NZ4WD February issue.
Our plan for the following day was to head out of camp and travel north up the Hurunui River to Lake Sumner. Cameron asked if we minded if a few of the crew tagged along with us – naturally we welcomed the company – but as the sun dropped bang, bang, bang the doors went – engines fired up and the entire group left en-masse heading for the pub in Culverden. Fortunately, Kev had the foresight to put a couple of extra sausages in his pocket for later, so dinner sorted our six members of the Fellowship - sat on the porch sampling fine ales and spotting deer grazing on the hillside opposite the shearers’ quarters as again the temperature plummeted with the loss of the sun's rays.
Lake Sumner (locked gate) -42.714394, 172.186366
The storm that had lashed the lower North Island hit the region on Sunday morning. Fortunately, no wet tents to pack – we
