Hi everyone, set off this morning on a 'hairy scarey' ride to Franz Josef which has a the Franz Josef Glacier, took 5 1/2 hours, a couple of stops on the way for photos and lunch. Lunch being a homemade wrap and coffee in our flask (were on a budget !! May have mentioned that before !!). We headed up the Crown Rangers and took the Highway 6, heading West, then up North), This was the scenic route up the mountain, windy, windy, windy, down the mountain, back up the mountain, back down the mountain, flippin heck, how many more mountains !!! Must have reached the top of one of these peaks !! On the way, there was a sign which said 'whitebait patties', now this is something we have heard about but never tasted. So
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