Thursday old coach road

Thursday 19
A bit cold here at the Ohakune Moutain rd DOC camp 4* but warmed up as the sun came up.
Drove down to Ohakune Township for a 10 pickup to be driven with bike to Horopito , which was the sceen of the NZ hit movie Smash Palace. There was 5 others in the van a nice size group.Headed out along the Ohakune Old Coach road, 17 kms back to Ohakune.
It starts off across farmland then into bush.
The old coach road was built in 1906/7 to link up with southern railhead at Ohakune and the Northen railhead at Raurimu before the Raurimu Sprial and the Taonui and hapuawhenua Viaducts where built.
A interesting ride, not too hard for and old fart but man the cobble stone part of the ride was very bumpy.
Took me 2.5 hours with lots of stops along the way
Then went for a short ride around Ohakunes tracks then up the hill to the doc camp.
Writing this on Friday morning colder still 3.5* this morning.