Report from New Zealand

This is from my mother in NZ. She really loves hiking so she wrote about her recent hike for you all to read about.

During your Obon holiday, I went tramping with the Te Kuiti Tramping Club. We went to Pureora Forest Park. The weather was drizzly, but better than the heavy rain we had had for the last few days. After entering the bush, we encountered our first stream crossing. This was usually a trickle of water, which we could step across, but the rain had turned it into a tricky rock hop, to try and keep water out of our boots. Fortunately, we all managed ok.
The birds in the trees were also enjoying the better weather, as they sang away to us as we ventured through the bush. We saw robins, fantails, and heard the distinctive squawk of the kaka high up in the tops of the trees.
There were a number of hugh trees that had fallen across our path, so we had to climb over them. This made our progress rather slow. And a couple more stream crossing challenged us again. One was a bit too deep to walk through, but an old tree lay across it, so we, very carefully, slowly edged out way over. Once again we all made it safely, and ventured on through the bush.
But we finally reached a bigger river, which had turned into a raging torrent, and was not possible for us to cross. So there was only one thing for it. We had to turn round and walk back the same way we had come.
We all had a great day out, and are now looking forward to our next tramp.