Day 12: Palmerston North to Masterton 104km. How much misery can a donkey take?
March 10th 2018 Day 12: Palmerston North to Masterton 104km. How much misery can a donkey take?
What one can do to oneself, it beggars belief, contemplated the Donkey while he was climbing a massive hill, just outside Palmerston North. The hill was so big that no amount of sticks you threw at it would cover it or even put a dent in it. The road he was on was called Pahiatu Aokautere road, 'a popular training h
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