Breast Hill - Tin Hut

16km in 6hrs all of the weathers!

The heavy rain didn't eventuate overnight, but there was some horrendous wind. Luckily, my tent didn't seem to be affected at all, I don't know if I was more sheltered than the others or it's just the design of the tent. I managed to jinx us by mentioning that it wasn't wet while I ate my breakfast... ensuring that it rained just enough that we were putting away damp tents.

We got to the car park around 9am, by which time there were alternately blue skies and sideways rain. The camper van provided enough shelter for us to sort out 4 days, 3 nights more food, and we carried on into the breast hill section.

Not far into the track, there was a very noisy bird making its presence known and flying above us. Karen identified it as a nz falcon and we listened to the call when we got to the hut and it was the same.

The track to tin hut was just a farm track, so we, in theory, should have been making good time, but my toe was bugging me and Karen was struggling with the weight of her pack so we decided to make it a short day and not press on to timaru hut.

The hut is pretty good, except for the lack of a door on the privy that faces the track. The grass was perfect for laying all the damp things out to dry. There was a lovely little pool for immersing myself when washing. The sun really has some heat in it this afternoon.Leggi altro