Trekking

Today, the assault upon Ruapehu, the largest of the North Island’s mountains.  Dave, Val + I (the assault crew)met at […]

We’d arranged to meet Mike at his place again to have breakfast, prior to setting out on a walk recommended

Up + breakfasted + decided to go for a walk.  Didn’t think things thro’ properly tho’, since we took no

After breakfast, + sitting around chatting after coffee, J + G gave us a ride to Montueka, which is most

Most of the occupants of the hut had already left by the time we arose, racing on to the next

Diary writing is becoming a plod.  I grow sick of it, leave it for a few days, have to work

To our surprise + mild dismay, we weren’t the only ones who had decided to take a day off from

A change in the weather overnight to the stuff the West Coast is famous for, grey, misty rain.  Drove north

It rained all night, + was still doing so quite heavily this morning, but after a respectably hearty breakfast, we

Snug + warm, we were awoken by Andy reversing the car into the shelter, setting up the stove, + providing

I awoke this morning with the dull ache of foreboding in my stomach, the same one I’d had when I