Mount Doom Strikes Back

May 27th. Today is the day we are due to trek through the Tongariro Crossing trek - I get up at 6:15 and the skies are cloudy and it is raining. The weather forecast is for high winds - 80kph at 2000metres. This means that the trip is cancelled for today - better luck for tomorrow. The cloud and rain does clear up by mid morning (I had a nice lie in thanks). It does look ideal from the photo but the winds were pretty stong - you don't want to be on top of a mountain, thats for sure. The forecast is better for tomorrow though.