Waikouaiti to Palmerston (12.81 miles/19 kms) Today was a short day. Not necessarily by choice but somewhat dictated by the weather. I woke this morning again to sound of heavy rain on the roof of the trailer and canopy. I was glad I made the decision to take the trailer or I would be waiting …
Continue reading New Zealand, Day 16, Sunday, February 24, 2019
Waititi (north of) to Waikouaiti (14.41 miles/23.20 kms) I woke to a cold wet morning. The temperature was 46 degrees in the tent and everything outside was still wet from the rain last night. It’s amazing the wild fluctuations there have been in the temperature since I started. It’s always a little harder getting up …
Continue reading New Zealand, Day 15, Saturday, February 23, 2019
Dunedin to north of Waitati (15.87 miles/25.55 kms) What a great day, well everything after the climb out of Dunedin was great anyway! Woke to the sound of heavy rain again as the forecast was for rain in the morning until near noon. Not wanting to have the same debacle I had in Balcultha I …
Continue reading New Zealand, Day 14, Friday, February 22, 2019
Dunedin (Zero Day) Nice zero day for me. It relaxes and regenerates me, and sometimes can make it hard to get going again the next day. I was planning to sleep in as I went to be late but woke up at my usual 6:00 since my internal clock is already condition to that time. …
Continue reading New Zealand, Day 13, Thursday, February 21, 2019
Mosgiel to Dunedin (11 miles/17.72 kms) Today was a short day and as always, a different day. I woke up at my usual time of 6:00, but I wasn’t motivated to get going. I have to be honest that I was a little unsure about the way to Dunedin, and the road through and beyond …
Continue reading New Zealand, Day 12, Tuesday, February 20, 2019
Mosgiel (Zero Day) Today’s Zero Day wasn’t really planned as circumstances ended up warrantying it. I had hoped to have a zero day at a hotel, but this was good. I got up to the sound of rain on the tent and I stayed in my sleeping bag and began searching for places to stay …
Continue reading New Zealand, Day 11, Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Lake Waihola to Mosgiel (18.3 miles/29.46 kms) What a different day today! It turned out to be like roller coaster ride all day. Maybe more like a good book, with a good beginning, and interesting and so so stuff in the middle, and then a good ending. I could tell this morning that I might …
Continue reading New Zealand, Day 10, Monday, February 18, 2019
South of Milton to Waihola (13 miles/20.93 kms) Went to sleep late last night and stayed up until almost 11:00 pm trying to finish my blog. Then I woke at 5:30 this morning and finished it. At times I think it would be easier and take less of my time if I stopped writing my …
Continue reading New Zealand, Day 9, Sunday, February 17, 2019
Belclutha to south of Milton (13 miles/21 kms) Another late night for me! What a day today turned out to be, surely not the same as yesterday. But when it comes to trekking you never know what you’ll get from one day to the next. As I was writing my blog last night it started …
Continue reading New Zealand, Day 8, Saturday, February 16, 2019
Clinton to Balcultha (18 miles/30 kms) Today was a completely different day than any day this week. Thankfully I stayed another day because I don’t think I could have done what I did today yesterday. I woke up at 5:30 and felt so much more energetic than I had all week. I started out around …
Continue reading New Zealand, Day 7, Friday, February 15, 2019
Ted Trekking 