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After almost a week, the weather is finally good enough to go back to the trail. With the birthday of Tika next week, I decided I would hike in Northward direction from Arthurs Pass to Boyle Village (the location where I left the trail). Besides easier hitchhiking, it is also a choice made by theContinue reading “Si day 20”

Today is a rest day and being in Hanmer Springs means a Spa day. Could be worse. I went for breakfast and after that to the supermarket for some snackies. The other hikers were planning to join as well but first needed to do some typical town chores. So I went alone, which is fineContinue reading “Si day 19 and some more”

My body was aching after the long day. So despite how tired I was, I didn’t fall into a deep long sleep. In the morning I could hear the rain. Glad that I pushed on, I wanted to reward myself with a lie-in. But the sandflies put an end to it. Active in the morning,Continue reading “Si day 18”

With the knowledge of rain tomorrow, I could see myself doing a big day. If I push on to Boyle Flat Hut (47km) instead of Anne Hut (30km), the next day would only be 13,5km. That seems tempting. So I got up and packed. I was the second to leave camp. Only Logan had leftContinue reading “Si day 17”

A big day. Going to hike to Blue Lake, over Waiau Pass, and camp somewhere before Waiau hut. Last time it took a long time and it was a day where I hated hiking and loved it again. So I was mentally prepared. At 6:15 I left the hut and started on the uphill partContinue reading “Si day 16”

Early in the morning, I heard the other hikers rumbling around. I looked out and it looked rainy and the tops were in the clouds. So no rush to get up as I’m not going to Angelus hut. I’ll save that for another time. The weather wasn’t that bad after all. The trail was fine,Continue reading “Si day 15”

It was time to get on the move again. Today would be a rainy day with the most rain in the afternoon. So I decided to start early and hike for an extremely short day. Which I was glad about because I wasn’t very motivated. I got up early (looking back probably too early) andContinue reading “Si day 14”

Although I thoroughly enjoy a rest day. Typically it is not the most interesting to write about. This day is no exception. The day consisted of food and updating my blog.

With less than 20km to St Arnaud, it is an easy hike out. However, this is also because I’m taking the gravel road instead of the official TA route. I did it last time and it is not worth it. Barely any views but a lot of hard work. The views from the gravel roadContinue reading “Si day 12”

What started as a good night turned sour in the early morning. I was glad that I did pitch my tent as there was a lot of condensation. However, the wind changed direction and strength overnight and my tent flapped loudly. Too loud to sleep although I dozed off briefly dreaming that I parked aContinue reading “Si day 11”