Monday 27.03.2023

• Te Araroa kilometres done: 2630.5
• Official kms: 13.5km
• Garmin kms: 15.53km
• Total time: 3:31
• Calories burned: 1050
• Body battery: 7/10
• Accommodation: Cabin at Glendhu bay Holiday park
• Tent nights tally: 18
• Zero days had so far: 26

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No rush today as it’s less than 4 hours to my destination & check in is generally 2pm. So my plan is not to leave the holiday park until 10am.

Leaving at 10am I backtracked down for a kilometre to regain the trail. Not long into being on the trail I had reached the famous tree in the lake.

I was chatting to Gokul on the phone as I started today, they had just summitted Stag saddle! Great effort, I was giving him all the tips for the next section.

Some really great news today. Firstly Antonia is going to come down to Queenstown next Saturday to see me & I hit my target of $10,000 for #iamhope. I’ve decided to up the target, because I believe I can raise more!

The rest of the trail was similar to yesterday, bike trail & hard on the feet, luckily it was only short & I had reached my destination by 1:30pm.

I was lucky enough to get checked in upon arrival. I managed to get a good deal on this cabin & am stoked with how nice it is, especially because this is home for 2 nights.

After unpacking & getting out of my hiking gear, I set off to hitch back into Wanaka to resupply for the next section. It only took 10 minutes & I had a ride back into town.

I bought a new pair of socks & then went grocery shopping. Catching up with the owner of the store, Stu & filling him in on my journey.

After shopping I carried my two heavy bags back to the lakeside road & stood there with my thumb out. It was only another ten minutes later & I had a ride back. Getting back to the cabin at 4pm.

It was nice just to sort, organise & then relax for the afternoon, knowing that I have a day off tomorrow to put my feet up! Definitely looking forward to that.