Tākitimu - Lower Wairaki Hut

15km 6hrs

Nice short day today. The sign at the start of this track indicated that this section might be 8hrs, the same as the last one so we were pleased that we got it done in 6hrs.

We spent the whole time in the forest, you could see that there were still clearings not far from the track but we just sorted them all. The track was pretty good for the most part, a bit of up and down but we were mostly able to keep up a good clip. About 4km from the hut, the mud started though... some times you could get around the great puddles but other times you had to pick your way carefully or end up up to your knee in mud (well - Karen's knee)

Got to the hut at about lunch time so we got to spend some time washing at the stream. It was very cold and had the feel of spending too much time in shady forests and not enough time in sunny meadows. Someone had left a full pack of clean cards so we had a coyote of games as we waited for it to be dinner time...Læs mere