Hiking – Tramping with migraine in Aotearoa/New Zealand

Waitomo – zero day

Day 44: Half-way through the North Island Rest day. I walked up to the Waitomo lookout but that was the extent of my exertion. Word of the day: Pabulum, food or fodder; material for a fire; food for thought; bland intellectual fare. Sometime in the last few days we passed the 800km mark – theContinue reading “Waitomo – zero day”

Maunganui Bluff to Ahipara

Day 3 (Thurs 12 Nov): Maunganui Bluff campsite to Hukatere campsite (90 mile beach) Started 7.55am, finished 4pm, 30k Pain in the head status: nagging neck pain started near the end of the walk, developing into a full-blown migraine, but quickly aborted by meds Being woken by the sound of horses neighing in the nightContinue reading “Maunganui Bluff to Ahipara”

Cape Reinga to Maunganui Bluff

Day 1 (Tue 10 Nov) Cape Reinga to Twilight Beach Started 10.30am, finished 2.30pm, 13.5k Word of the day: Bibulous, given to the consumption of alcohol Pain in the head status: Twinges on and off most of the day but ignorable We stayed overnight in Kaitaia, which was enough to determine that the flashest restaurantContinue reading “Cape Reinga to Maunganui Bluff”