A Dangerous Business

Date: 13th January 2024 Start: Rocks Hut (km 1858.4) End: Slaty Hut (km 1883.3) Distance Travelled: 24.9 km Total Distance Completed: 1723.2 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: the song of thousands of cicadas Metres Climbed: over 1800 Hey weather forecast, why did you lie to me? You said it wouldn’t rain, so why is

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Date: 12th January 2024 Start: Pelorus River Campsite (km 1826.6) End: Rocks Hut (km 1858.4) Distance Travelled: 31.8 km Total Distance Completed: 1698.3 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: various scenes from The Avengers, don’t ask why Sandfly Population on the Pelorus River: hundreds at least Why am I waking up at 5am? I hate

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Date: 11th January 2024 Start: Havelock Holiday Park (km 1805.5) End: Pelorus River Campsite (km 1826.6) Distance Travelled: 21.1 km Total Distance Completed: 1666.5 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Gone by Kings Kaleidoscope Pelorus River Water Temperature: refreshing Yet again I’m getting up inhumanely early. Granted this has been the first one in a

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Date: 10th January 2024 Start: Davies Bay Campsite (km 1782.8) End: Havelock Holiday Park (km 1805.5) Distance Travelled: 22.7 km Total Distance Completed: 1645.4 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Sabotage/Home by Kings Kaleidoscope Food Stuffed in Pack: about 12 days worth It’s… cloudy? That wasn’t in the script. I was told it should be

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Date: 9th January 2024 Start: Bay of Many Coves Campsite (km 1751.5) End: Davies Bay Campsite (km 1782.8) Distance Travelled: 31.3 km Total Distance Completed: 1622.7 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Lost? by Kings Kaleidoscope Things Stolen by Weka Today: nothing, they left me alone today By the time you read this I will

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Date: 8th January 2024 Start: Schoolhouse Bay Campsite (km 1721.1) End: Bay of Many Coves Campsite (km 1751.5) Distance Travelled: 30.4 km Total Distance Completed: 1591.4 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Be Thou My Vision Things Stolen by Weka Today: a bag of hikers wool (retrieved from the bushes) and attempted theft of my

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Date: 7th January 2024 Start: Ship Cove (km 1715.4) End: Schoolhouse Bay Campsite (km 1721.1) Distance Travelled: 5.6 km Total Distance Completed: 1561 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears Snacks Stolen by Weka: my cashews (I got them back) ding ding ding we have a

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Date: 6th January 2024 Start: Wellington (km 1702.6) End: Island Bay (km 1715.4) Distance Travelled: 12.8 km Total Distance Completed: 1555.4 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: So Much (For) Stardust by Fall Out Boy Islands Completed: 1 Ah, at long last I can have a little sleep in. Key word there being little, I

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Date: 5th January 2024 Start: Camp Elsdon, Porirua (km 1671.1) End: Wellington City (km 1702.6) Distance Travelled: 31.5 km Total Distance Completed: 1542.6 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: EAEA by Blanca Paloma Roads West of Wellington: maliciously steep Camp Elsdon provided some shelter from the wind so sleep was easy to come by, but

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Date: 4th January 2023 Start: Waikanae (km 1621.4) End: Camp Elsdon, Porirua (km 1671.1) Distance Travelled: 36 km walked + 13.7 km on a stinky, no good rail replacement bus (49.7 km total) Total Distance Completed: 1511.1 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: the John Wick theme song (for some reason) Wind: c’mon, it’s Wellington

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