And We're Off...
2022年10月2日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 18 °CRucksacks are checked, teary goodbyes have been said and it's finally time to start the journey to Aotearoa (via Munich and Singapore). 36 hours of flight time lie ahead of us, plenty of room forもっと詳しく
Rucksacks are checked, teary goodbyes have been said and it's finally time to start the journey to Aotearoa (via Munich and Singapore). 36 hours of flight time lie ahead of us, plenty of room forもっと詳しく
Day One on the trail. Met Jakob from Germany waiting for the intercity bus from Paihia, and later the Kerikeri - Kaitaia bus was filled with budding thruhikers including Lina and Ben from Aus and Olliもっと詳しく
First experiences of 90 Mile Beach, walking with Jakob. Long, gruelling kms on the flat but lots of friendly faces waving. Met a couple cycling the length of the country, ETA in Bluff 2.5 months fromもっと詳しく
Hardest day of the trip so far. 30km on the flat, both Jakob and I struggling, but we were met with ginger beer, hot showers and a couple of really sweet dogs at Hukatere, making it all feel way moreもっと詳しく
17km short day today - and wow was it needed! Still gruelling on the beach but was greeted at Ngapae with the kindest people, cold cans of coke and even a fresh salad. Got to know James (UK bornもっと詳しく
So good to see a small town! 14km (final 5 with Aart from the Netherlands) on the beach followed by 3 more through the length of Ahipara. Finally done with 90 Mile (no more sand for the next few kms),もっと詳しく
Lift from the lovely Chloé and Jean (from France but travelling the world!) to Kaitaia to skip out the 18km road section, and then onto my first day walking on my own. 5km road walk followed by 10kmもっと詳しく
After a chat and hot chocolate with the guys from the Broadwood dairy, hitched with the lovely Alan from Kaitaia for 8km of the first road, walked 3km on the hard shoulder and was then lucky enough toもっと詳しく
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