New Zealand: Lake Waikaremoana
I pass through three different shops in Napier as I prepare for the last of the Great Walks; Lake Waikaremoana. I do things differently for the fist time in a […]
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New Zealand: Cross Country
After almost two months of getting away with it, I have to fill up the water tanks on the van. The sink foams, reminding me I’d only done half a […]
New Zealand: Around the Mountain (Taranaki)
Anvil headed black clouds sit over the grey sea. The rain is coming. 10 centimetres any time from now. I don’t want to go anyway, so I don’t. Another day […]
New Zealand: Round the Mountain (Ruapehu)
There is no room in Waihohonu Hut tonight. Nor is there any room four nights from now. Neither way around Ruapehu will work if I leave today. I remain unconvinced […]
New Zealand: The Tongariro Northern Circuit
Once again I find I have travelled halfway across the North Island in a day. The Central Plateau reminds me of the Scottish Highlands, of the Welsh Mountains. Of something, […]
New Zealand: Wellington
The temporary permanence of Kentishman Hops gave me the illusion of stability. Things were normal. Same faces, every day. I knew my way to the supermarket, which aisle the baked […]
New Zealand: Motueka
I returned to Nelson under the impression I had approximately one week to sort my life out. In the car park on the edge of town emergency sirens began to […]
New Zealand: The Travers-Sabine Circuit
There was nothing left to do but drive, so I did. Around the outskirts of Christchurch, over Lewis Pass. The rain caught up with me, hitching a ride all the […]
New Zealand: Aoraki-Mount Cook
Having left Fiordland in the rearview mirror I began my crawl North. I had another one of those nights where I wake up and have no idea where I am. […]
New Zealand: Fiordland
On the Routeburn Track, stuck in Routeburn Falls Hut, Hut Warden John had given me some suggestions. “On a dry day,” he said “take your tent up on Gertrude Saddle […]
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