Friday 21.04.2023

• Te Araroa kilometres done: 3002.5km
• Official kms: 0
• Garmin kms: 0
• Total time: 0
• Calories burned: 0
• Body battery: 9/10
• Accommodation: The Quest Invercargill
• Tent nights tally: 19
• Zero days had so far: 34

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I actually slept in this morning! I woke just before 8am. Today is a day of nothing but relaxing & reflecting on what I have achieved over the past 5 months!

It hasn’t been easy by any stretch but it has been a lot of freedom with not too much restrictions that the real world has. You basically wake up & walk where you want to walk. There is definitely some planning involved but nothing like real life.

I went out for both breakfast & lunch today, I also popped into the local Pak’nsave for some supplies & caught up with April, Bevan & Mike, the Seafood & Butchery team & talked to them for a good 20 minutes.

I’m looking forward to my wife turning up tonight along with my Aunty & cousins & Warren & Maureen. We are all heading out for dinner at 7pm to Koji’s Japanese restaurant.

Antonia’s flight was delayed but she turned up at the motel at 6:20pm as well as Dad & Andrea who have come down to surprise me!

We all went to dinner at 7pm & another surprise, Mike Somerville has also come down to see me at the end. It was so good to catch up with everyone & I’m looking forward to celebrating with them all tomorrow night.