• Rock hut - Brownie hut

    Dec 22–23 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

    Morgenmaden blev nydt foran hytten, inden det gik videre mod Brownie Hut, som desværre ikke levede op til sit navn.

    Endelig kom der en dag, hvor man ikke kun skulle gå inde i en skov med meget små udkigssteder. Det var derfor en lettelse endelig at kunne gå lidt på toppen og nyde udsigten, inden det gik ned ad.

    Eftersom vi ikke havde haft signal i et par dage, blev det udnyttet, at vi havde lidt signal på toppen, så vi kunne booke vores hostel over jul.

    I Brownie Hut mødte vi to ældre damer, som var gået op til hytten og gik ned igen dagen efter, og som var kommet med bil. Vi fik derfor arrangeret et lift noget af vejen mod Nelson dagen efter, hvilket vi var utrolig glade for, da det sparede os for 12 km vej.

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    Breakfast was enjoyed in front of the hut before continuing on toward Brownie Hut, which unfortunately did not live up to its name.

    Finally, there was a day when we didn’t have to walk only through forest with very limited viewpoints. It was therefore a relief to finally walk a bit along the ridgeline and enjoy the views before heading downhill again.

    Since we hadn’t had any signal for a few days, we took advantage of having a bit of reception on the ridge to book our hostel for Christmas.

    At Brownie Hut, we met two older ladies who had walked up to the hut and were heading back down the next day, having arrived by car. We therefore arranged a lift part of the way toward Nelson the following day, which we were incredibly happy about, as it saved us 12 km. of road walking.
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