Pelorus - Captains hut

9.2km 4hrs Showery, with some heavy showers. The walk eased us into the day by being quite flat and easy for a start. Gorgeous beech forests with under growth of a million different mosses or thick ferns. After the emerald pool it heeded up into an undulating path going up and down the ridges. Punctuated by skinny little suspension bridges. It would have been alright but ... I was wearing my rain jacket as a cloak as it was too hot to wear it properly and on the skinniest highest bridge it kept getting caught behind me and i had to keep reversing to unhitch it. I did learn from it though and tucked the flappy bits in at the next bridge.
We got to the hut at about 13:30 definitely ready for lunch and keen to get out of the rain. A young Japanese girl, Hana and a South American guy called Chirstian joined us over time. After lunch the sun came out for a brief appearance which got everything a little steamy.Read more