Day 86: Kaipara Flats to Pakiri - what a nasty and unnecessary day

Left at 6.50h this morning which is 15' before sunrise. I had 36km on the…


Day 85: Owera to Kaipara Flats

Took my time this morning to plan the next three weeks. Quite a bit of work…


Day 84: Takapuna to Orewa: beach, beach, beach, the deepest river so far and a lucky catch

The day started out with a wet tent but got instantly better with this…


Day 83: Auckland, Auckland, Auckland - feels like coming home

Got up early so I could have an easy stroll through the city today and really…


Day 82: Ararimu Rd to Auckland Ambury Park - back on the trail and to where the story began

When I got up this morning the family council came together to consult about my…


Rest days in Ararimu

As expected the joint evaluation before breakfast only lead to what I had…


Day 81: Mangatewhiri Forest and Hunua Ranges - a long and painful day

Warren dropped me of at the end of Lyons Rd again in the morning at around 7…


Day 80: Meremere to Mangatawhiri Forest - a good day and meet again with Warren & Thomas

At one o'clock at night something scared me off. Something was screaming…


Day 79: Huntly to Meremere; an "emo-day" with a lot of road walking alongside Waikato River

I do seem to have a motivational issue with getting up and running these days.…


Day 78: Hamilton to Huntly - Hamilton is even more beautiful than expected and the concrete road painful.

When I left the backpackers this morning I finally had to realise that even in…