Sunday 26.03.2023

• Te Araroa kilometres done: 2617
• Official kms: 26km
• Garmin kms: 28.55km
• Total time: 7:08
• Calories burned: 1862
• Body battery: 7/10
• Accommodation: Wanaka Top 10 holiday park.
• Tent nights tally: 18
• Zero days had so far: 26

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It was so nice to sleep in a real comfortable bed last night, it’s unfortunate that my body clock still got me up early though. Another luxury I got to have this morning was a hot shower!

Today I started off clean & in clean clothes. This is a rare thing & something we can take for granted sometimes.

I didn’t set off until 9am. No rush today, it’s a flat easy 26km to Wanaka with 1km to start with to obtain the trail then an additional 1km at the end to my accommodation for the night.

The whole day was pretty much bike trail all the way through to Wanaka. The sort of trail that leaves your feet sore. The scenary was magnificent though.

I also past the 2600km milestone today about 10km into my day. A little over 400km to go! Not long now.

At about 14km I had made it into Albert town, I stopped at the patisserie for a pie & a coffee. At around $15 it was ok but didn’t rock my world.

The last 14km followed the start of the Clutha River around to Lake Wanaka where I walked through town & into the local New World for dinner & breakfast supplies.

From here I had a 2.5km walk to the Top 10 holiday park where I had pre-booked a cabin for the night.

What a nice cabin at that! It seems fairly new & is a good place to enjoy my own space for the evening. I had a nice dinner of chicken rolls & pre made some chicken wraps for tomorrows lunch.

It was also nice to chat to Antonia again being in reception. I’m looking forward to an easy 14km day to Glendhu bay tomorrow where I have a cabin for 2 nights to enjoy a zero day on Tuesday.

After arriving tomorrow I plan to hitch back into Wanaka & resupply & then hitch back. I haven’t hitched yet on this journey so I hope I can get a ride!

Definitely looking forward to a day off the trail though.