2020 – 2021
Walking Te Araroa (New Zealand’s long trail)
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Greenstone hut to Queenstown
Day 95 (Mon 22 Feb): Greenstone hut to Queenstown Started 6.50am, finished 9.55am, 12k. Pain in the head status: No pain but tired; didn’t sleep well for no identifiable reason. Everything feels harder when you haven’t slept so well. Word of the day: Elysian, of or like paradise. We were up early, eating breakfast andContinue reading “Greenstone hut to Queenstown”
When not to walk Te Araroa
Warning: You might want to avoid walking Te Araroa in the following circumstances If you don’t like bugs – crawling on you, biting you, flying into your food, flying into your mouth, riding on your pack or hat or sunglasses; or if you don’t like the feel of walking through spider webs and having stickyContinue reading “When not to walk Te Araroa”
Te Anau to Greenstone hut (Mavora track)
Day 93 (Sat 20 Feb): Te Anau to Boundary hut Started 10.25am, finished 2.35pm, 16k. Pain in the head status: No pain as such in the morning but fuzzy headed and dopey. By the afternoon, was dopey and heavy eyed, so took a Nurofen, tried a ginger tablet and had a nap before dinner. ThatContinue reading “Te Anau to Greenstone hut (Mavora track)”
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