Well, there was always the danger of the 'L' word creeping in somewhere down the line, but I thought I'd successfully dodged it so far...
Until I drove into Raglan that is. I was only going to have a cup of coffee and a wander round, but I got hooked by the magic of the place and stayed all day and on into the next... A wonderful mix of very creative shops and extremely friendly people. They manage to serve tourism without actually being 'touristy'. It helps that the countryside roundabout is the 'lumpy bumpy' stuff I like.
Strange, but everywhere I've been that I feel I really like the area, there's been goats around... Perhaps someone's trying to tell me something... lol!
From Raglan I drove down to the Bridal Veil Falls - a spectacular waterfall that just shoots over the edge of the hill, exactly like a bridal veil hanging up. Then I followed a sign to Kawhai (my next destination) to find it dissolved into a dirt track. By which time I was too far along my journey to turn back. It was one of the roughest roads I've yet been on, but also one of the most beautiful, skirting round an inland bay through native bush. Distant views of hills and the odd flock of black swans ...
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