TUESDAY - DAY FOUR SUMMARY
DAY FOUR OVERVIEW
Wake-up call will be at 6:00am.
Quickly pack up your gear and get this to the waiting luggage truck.
Mass will be held in Our Lady of Assumption Church at the top of the hill, at 6.45am. After mass head over for breakfast at the Marae 7:30 – 8.00am. Once you’ve had breakfast, the 1st Chapter will depart at 8.10am, with the next 10 minutes later.
Prepare yourself: this day is the shortest yet toughest of the pilgrimage. At only 17.3km, we saved the best till last. This final penitential walk will see us slowly negotiate 3 terrain features, each one bigger than the last. So, make sure you rest up and take on as much fluid as you can the night before.
The first leg takes us on two short hill ascends, with our first stop being 8.5 km at the top of our second hill. A 15-minute break and we’re off again, heading down hill and to our final ascent, where we then turn off to our destination after 6.8km, Motuti Church, the resting place of Bishop Pompallier.
Arriving at about 12:45am, we will then celebrate Mass at about 1.10pm.
The Coaches back to Kerikeri will depart Motuti Church at 2:35pm – make sure you’ve packed your tent and sleeping gear onto the coaches. Also grab your lunch prior to departing. From here you will be transported back to the car parking area.