On Holiday days 2-3

Well, today was an epic and no mistake. Roughly eight hours from Punga Cove to Torea Saddle and the Portage. My dogs ain’t barkin… they’re whinin’ with at least three blisters, one right on my heel. I think tomorrow’s going to be that retro-70s thang of socks ‘n’ sandals just so I can walk!

Now, I’m doing the Freedom Walk 4 days, which costs about NZD$560.00 per person share twin (obviously more if you’re going alone like I am, duh.) Either way, be warned that you should budget at least NZD$70.00 – $100.00 for breakfasts, dinners, bandages etc. Especially if you’re a beer nut like me; tap beer’s about NZD$6.00 and bottled (i.e. Founders or Moa) is NZD$10.00 — about standard for an upmarket Wellington joint or the Malthouse. Traipsing about the scenic bits of New Zealand isn’t cheap.

Anyway, I have some great scenery shots, including the makings of some panoramas and the hilarious scene of someone trying to pilot a rowboat and getting it so very, very wrong.

Tomorrow I walk the last 20km from Portage to Anakiwa, which I’ve walked before. However, it’s always been as part of a tramping club’s “Easy” trip which took two days to reach Torea Saddle from Anakiwa, stopping at somewhere like Mistletoe Bay or some such overnight. As such I’m going to take it easy on the grog and get an early night — I want to be packed and ready to move out by 8:00am in order to get to Anakiwa on time. If I’m early, no biggie. But the water taxi departs Anakiwa about 4:30pm and I can’t afford to be late.

Then again, I’ve made it trekking about eight hours today through some pretty up-n-down terrain. That’s something.

This weekend I’ll be home stitching panoramas and soothing sore muscles and wondering how in hell I’m going to pay all this back.

And the real nuisance? Now my next leave will require going on the Abel Tasman or something for comparison purposes…

Posted in Randomness (,) by R Cruickshank Mar 25, 04:19 PM Tags: , ,

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