Wednesday 01.03.2023

• Te Araroa kilometres done: 2141.5km
• Official kms: 27.5km
• Garmin kms: 27.13km
• Total time: 7:48
• Calories burned: 2868
• Body battery: 8/10
• Accommodation: Hurunui no 3 hut.
• Tent nights tally: 15
• Zero days had so far: 22

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Surprisingly I had a pretty good sleep last night. We are setting off at 7am this morning. Today should be just over 27km & fairly easy walking.

The morning started off quite misty & a little cold. It didn’t seem to take long before it warmed up.

The open valley lasted a few kilometres before we entered the bush, it stayed this way up & over kiwi saddle & down until we reached the head of lake sumner about 11 kilometres from starting.

We re-entered the bush not long after, this was the last time we would be in the bush before we decided to head straight up the valley to the Hurunui hot pools.

Once we got there Ladina & Alina were keen to get straight into the hot pools, Matt & I not so much. The two of us decided to keep going as it was only 5km to our destination of Hurunui no 3 hut from here.

We reached the hut in just over an hour & before 3pm. There was only 3 others here. Once the 2 girls turned up we went down to the river for a swim, it was nice & refreshing!

It was so hot that our clothes, shoes & socks dried in no time.

It was such a nice afternoon/evening to just relax! Hopefully tomorrow’s weather is just as good!