A Dangerous Business

Date: 30th November 2023 Start: Mercer Motel (km 687.6) End: Rangiriri (km 713.4) Distance Travelled: 25.7 km Total Distance Completed: 710 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Move Your Feet by Junior Senior Track Visibility: worse than my eyes Guess what? I still suck at waking up in the morning. It’s always slightly demoralising when

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Date: 29th November 2023 Start: Bombay (km 669.6) End: Mercer Motel (km 687.6) Distance Travelled: ~2 km shortcut + 18 km trail (20 km total) Total Distance Completed: 684.3 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: American Pie by Don McLean State of the Levee Track: lumpy By morning the rain had passed, leaving a cold,

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Date: 28th November 2023 Start: Drury (km 651.8) End: Bombay (km 664.3) Distance Travelled: 12.5 km Total Distance Completed: 664.3 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Duel of the Fates from Star Wars Episode 1 Number of Dogs at Farmstay: I lost count, at least 5 A little over a month ago I flew into

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Dates: 25th-27th November 2023 Yessir, you’re getting a special edition of my journey over the next few days, thanks in large part at how I’ve planned how I’m going to walk through Auckland’s suburbs. If you haven’t read about my plan in my previous posts, here’s the rundown. On the 24th of November, I arrived

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Date: 24th November 2023 Start: Orewa Beach Holiday Park (km 542.4) End: Browns Bay (km 570.8) Distance Travelled: 21.4 km walked + 7 km hitch (28.4 km total) Total Distance Completed: 570.8 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: willow by Taylor Swift Auckland Noisiness: uncomfortable Guess what I had to do this morning? I had

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Date: 23rd November 2023 Start: Stu’s Woolshed (km 513.5) End: Orewa Beach Holiday Park (km 542.4) Distance Travelled: 19.6 km walked & kayaked + 8.3 km on bus (27.9 km total) Total Distance Completed: 542.4 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Ian McKellan acting as Gandalf saying, “Hobbits really are amazing creatures.” Buses Missed: 1

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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 be passing out the instant

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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 most mentally taxing day I

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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 leaving Northland. I’ve spent close

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