Route: Okarito - Franz Joseph - Fox Glacier - Lake Paringa - Haast Miles: 128 Toys: Even though I packed a small rucksac of little toys for the girls, when it came to finally trying to squeeze everything in the trailer the toys didn't make it. Since then the girls have been very stoic about the situation and happily play with sticks, stones, gravel...odd bits of litter (you know) in fact I think they rather enjoy the feral lifestyle). So I have joined in the approach, as other campers liberally toss away endless plastic containers, I root around in the recycling: fashioning buckets from yoghurt tubs, watering cans from milk cartons and spades from long stemmed drink bottles - once you start you realise there is no end to the possibilities! However, one day when
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