Upper Kauri - Smyth Ridge - Wainamu - Long - Cascades car park.

I can't believe we went without Lesley!  But she had a princess to deliver to a ball, so Elizabeth and I stepped out on our own, on a route that was a mix of the familiar and the new.  We managed to cover a section of the Hillary Trail which we had not done before, which is unusual.  I thought we had just about got that wrapped. It took us 3.45 hours,but we were pretty focused.  Up the Heritage walk to Smyth Ridge Track, back along Wainamu, then down the Long Rd Track where we went so horribly wrong with Vivienne. No rain, lots of mud, but we covered the Wainamu Track which is signposted as 2 hours in less than one.  I inadvertently switched the GPS off, so our track record is a bit dodgy.  Elizabeth had a great sandwich; spinach, salami and maybe capsicum? Mine was a couple of defrosted cheese pizza thingies from the middle Eastern place at Pakuranga.   Delicious but not the same level of anticipation.