Saturday 18.03.2023

• Te Araroa kilometres done: 0
• Official kms: 0
• Garmin kms:0
• Total time: 0
• Calories burned: 0
• Body battery: 8/10
• Accommodation: cabin at Ruataniwha holiday park
• Tent nights tally: 18
• Zero days had so far: 25

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I decided to sleep in this morning, that meant I was up at 7am lol. Life admin day today I have a list of things to do which includes washing all my clothes & sitting there in a puffer jacket & togs while I wait, catch up on blogs & do my latest 2 videos as well as make a yummy breakfast of muffin splits with avocado, cheese, tomato & red onion! Yum!

I managed to complete my video of Arthur’s pass to Rangitata River before lunch & post it on YouTube. Success! chapter 15 below:

Yesterday I bumped into Simon and his team, colleagues from work who are in town for a team Christmas getaway (they all work very hard through Christmas & wait until there is a less busy time to go) & he text me to let me know they were coming through at midday & picking me up for lunch.

We had a nice lunch at the Top Hut restaurant & bar in Twizel, it was good to see some familiar faces & catch up. Thanks Simon!

After dropping me back I was back into organising mode. Sorting out food for the next section & working on Chapter 16 of my next video.

My older sister Renee who’s now living over in Aussie called me & we yarned for a good 20 minutes, it was great to catch up, we need to do it more often!

Now I’m just sitting here relaxing getting ready for tomorrow. I’ve also been trying to find accommodation in Wanaka for next Friday & Saturday night but it’s super expensive, wondering if I just wing it & see what I can find when I turn up there……