Month: Nov 2023

• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 24

  

  Date: 22nd November 2023 Start: Dome Cafe (km 497.2) End: Stu’s Woolshed (km 513.5) Distance Travelled: 16.3 km Total Distance Completed: 514.5 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: nothing really, I’m too scarred from yesterday’s mud Auckland Hostel Availability: none You’d think after all that I endured yesterday that I’d…

  23/11/2023
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 23

  

  Date: 21st November 2023 Start: Rodney Road (km 476) End: Dome Cafe (km 497.2) Distance Travelled: 21.9 km Total Distance Completed: 498.2 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Alive by Kings Kaleidoscope Pace: agonisingly slow I’m gonna set the scene of today’s walk right off the bat: this was the…

  22/11/2023
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 22

  

  Date: 20th November 2023 Start: Mangawhai Travellers Rest (km 449) End: Rodney Road (km 476) Distance Travelled: 27 km Total Distance Completed: 476.3 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Venom by Eminem Weather Dodging Skills: like Neo from The Matrix (except for the last climb) At long last I’ll be…

  21/11/2023
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 21

  Date: 19th November 2023 Gonna keep it nice and short today. Nothing much of note happened. I had a nice sleep in, waking up to see… dry ground. Where’s the rain that I used as an excuse to take a zero day here? Some did come throughout the day, but…

  21/11/2023
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 20

  

  Date: 18th November 2023 Start: Camp Waipu Cove (km 420.7) End: Mangawhai Travellers Rest (km 449) Distance Travelled: 28.3 km Total Distance Completed: 449.3 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: the sound of wind rustling through my rainjacket’s hood Fatigue: yes It had to happen sooner or later. Having too…

  20/11/2023