• Te Araroa kilometres done: 852.6km
• Official kms: 26.6km
• Garmin kms: 28.07km
• Total time: 7.18
• Calories burned: 3188
• Body battery: 6/10 (2 days to go) need to recharge!
• Accommodation: freedom camping
• Tent nights tally: 10

I blew my air mattress up twice last night, 1 more night on it & I can have a solid sleep! Also at 2am this morning there was heavy rain, I stayed dry though so I am grateful for that!

We are being dropped back to our starting point this morning at 8am by our trail angel Casey. Only 27km today (haha I say only!) & it should be fairly easy walking as most of it is gravel roads.

We started off at 8.20am this morning, after 10km we walked straight passed the driveway we stayed last night.

After a further 6km we were diverted onto farm track. This was nice easy track & then went into a bush track. Not long into this section the sky’s opened up & a thunderstorm was directly above me. It was an odd day with sun on one side & a thunderstorm on the other! Needless to say pack cover & rain jacket were required.

After regaining the metal road I met up with Dave & Sam & walked with them the rest of the way. About 2km before our camp spot for the night we all filled our water bottles from a roadside creek as this was pretty much the last water we will see until 4km into tomorrow’s walk. We were at camp 852.7km mark by 3.30pm & got everything set up ready for a relaxing evening with a view.

Tomorrow is a half day. About 15km out to Waitomo where Antonia will be waiting at 12.30 to pick Gokul & i up!! So excited! I get to see Antonia, have 2 full days off & spend the next 3 weeks with her. It’s going to be like a walking holiday!