04.09.19. While driving to teaching at Winchester via Temuka, Leah dropped me off, cnr Waitohi Rd / Pleasant Point Rd. I walked back to Pleasant Point past spring-green paddocks. Distant Alps looked magnificent, still with winter snows, great for skiers at Mt Fox & Mt Dobson ski fields. Lots of snow on Two Thumbs, Sherwood, Ben Macleod, Four Peaks, Mt Somers Ranges. Little snow on Albury & Rollesby Ranges. Grampian Range had lots of snow, but there was less snow on Dalgety Range & Hunters Hills, Mt Nessing & Mt Nimrod. I never tired, viewing those ranges on my Pleasant Point walks.
No hills on Waitohi Flats, so I could easily observe the shitty, brown pollution from cow excreta runoff in roadside ditches & culverts. Signs of local farmers over-stocking their cattle herds. NIWA would have a great time testing those ditches & culverts for bugs like E coli. Surprisingly, the stream below Ophi River terraces near River Rd crossing was free from cow shit, brown pollution. Braided Ophi River was low, but a fresh breeze cooled me when I crossed the bridge to Pleasant Point.
More unpleasantness on road verges was rubbish, like empty aluminium cans chucked from passing cars, most common Ranfurly Draught. I even found a green, plastic, bottle bong, a bit of hose pipe sticking out of its side. So much for locals' booze & drug free driving. The road was busy with truck & car traffic enroute to / from Temuka & Geraldine.
* 7 kms Waitohi - Pleasant Point, my time, 1.5 hours.
Alternative Waitohi - Pleasant Point walks:
* 8 kms Seven Sisters Rd turnoff - Pleasant Point.
* 8.5 kms Richard Pearce Memorial - Ophi Terraces Rd - Pleasant Point.
Copyright Mark JS Esslemont.
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