Waiau - Waiau Hut

10km 3 hours easy day. Drizzle clearing but a very cold wind.

It was pretty nippy to start which made putting on cold wet boots to slog through a cold wet stream an uninviting prospect. But obviously we did it.

There was a bit of bouldering to start but the valley eventually flattened out to a lovely meander down the valley with several small river crossings to keep our boots nice and wet.

We arrived at the hut at lunch time so plenty of time to wash socks and other bits and pieces and light a fire to dry them.

Then other hikers started coming in at about 4pm so our brief moment of having the hut to ourselves was ended. Czytaj więcej