Roaming Tinkerbell

From Waiau Hut to Anne HutHiking time: 08,:30a.m.-03:00p.m.Daily/Total distance: 22km /323.5km (140 hitched/skipped)Steps: 32331Weather: frost in the morning, sunny and clear all day Last night was cold. Even with my warm sleeping bag I couldn’t completely remove the chill while sleeping. Might be due to the bag getting wet from condensation. Might have to look into a bivy over long. As I got up at 7am, I found out why I was so cold. Everything outside my tent was frozen…

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From Blue Lake Hut to Waiau HutHiking time: 09:30a.m.-07:00p.m.Daily/Total distance: 15km /301.5km (140 hitched/skipped)Steps: 27565Weather: First cloudy then sunny then rainy I got up with most others inside the hut at 7am. The water outside was cloudy though so I was reluctant to get ready to leave. I don’t want to cross this high pass with no visibility. So I decided to wait for the weather report from the hut warden at 8:30am. According to the report there would be…

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From West Sabine Hut to Blue Lake HutHiking time: 08:30a.m.-11:30a.m.Daily/Total distance: 7km /286.5km (140 hitched/skipped)Steps: 13140Weather: fine but cold I got up this morning at 7am again. I was ready to set off quite soon as a guy stepped up towards me and gave me a comment about my ankle taping. With my offhand comment that my ankle wasn’t my real problem as I had ongoing knee trouble, he took a closer look. Turns out he is an osteopath from…

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From John Tait Hut to West Sabine HutHiking time: 08:15a.m.-05:15p.m.Daily/Total distance: 14km /279.5km (140 hitched/skipped)Steps: 26583Weather: sunny in the morning and cloudy and rainy in the afternoon Got up at 7am this morning. It is nice to be able to put dry clothes on for the day ahead. With breakfast, packing up and thinking about how much to put on I was ready to go at 8:15am. Everything outside was covered in dew. It was a nice clear morning nut…

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From Lakehead Hut to John Tait HutHiking time: 09:00a.m.-02:30p.m.Daily/Total distance: 12km /265.5km (140 hitched/skipped)Steps: 21335Weather: cloudy with some drizzle I’m the morning, sunny and clear in the afternoon This morning started out cold and slow. Even though there were 20+ people sleeping inside the hut, the temperatures were quite cold. The first group had breakfast at 7am so I decided to get up as well. It is very cold outside. Probably below 10 degrees Celsius. I was moving quite slowly…

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From St Arnaud to Lakehead HutHiking time: 03:30p.m.-06:15p.m.Daily/Total distance: 9.5km /253.5km (140 hitched/skipped)Steps: 15281Weather: cloudy with some showers to continuous heavy rain-.- This morning I got up early to get everything packed and ready to go. I still had to drop off my food box at the post office before the shuttle leaves at 12pm. As I got up early though I got everything done with plenty of time to spare. The shuttle set off at noon with only 3…

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As previously stated, due to my Knee pain I was on R and R in Nelson It is quite a nice town with a great vibe. I stayed at first a the Tasman Bay backpackers with its free desert. As I didn’t return back to trail I stayed with acquaintances for a fee more days getting in more rest. I used to time to play some golf and find out how miserably bad I am at it, despite the course…

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I wrote the kiwi lady in the middle of the night that I am staying out a bit longer. I researched about the knee pain and as I still feel it I am afraid of further injuries. So now I am taking a couple of days break staying with an acquaintance. Hopefully after 3 more days of rest it will look better. Otherwise I will have to come up with alternative plans for the next 2 months until I leave….

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I had a great sleep in this morning after sleeping really well and comfy last night. Got up at 9am and had breakfast before renting one of the tree bikes the hostel has on offer. I took the bike to go around town to get some OSM bars to replace my crackers and cheese lunch that I am getting sick of. I also stopped by the warehouse to get small travel containers for soap etc. to fill my sunblock and…

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From Browning Hut to NelsonHiking time: 09:15a.m.-12:00p.m.Daily/Total distance: 11.3km (6.6 off track)/157.2km (46 hitched)Steps: 20406Weather: blazing sun Last night was the worst one I had yet. There were soo many mosquitoes inside the hut I didn’t really get much sleep. While I was at first still reading, I already smashed about 10 mosquitoes. As I then turned in for the night I kept hearing one next to my ear. After I got that one a new one appeared. It was…

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