vol. 1 :: christchurch to woodpecker hut we’re awake early and ready to go well before the taxi turns up. we’re headed for the airport for a roadtrip around the south island’s west coast. we’ve got eight days, a vague itinerary and i’m feeling the thrill of being out of cellphone range for most of […]
i am awake before the sunrise, our motel room already warm, even though we left the doors and windows wide open all night, falling asleep to a lullaby of waves below us. the pohutukawa are blooming and the warm air is already heavy with bees collecting nectar. it’s too warm to sit in bed with […]
We check the tide timetable and the weather forecast and decide to make an early start to catch the low tide. Tide is a factor on this walk because at the northernmost point there’s an archway that you can only get through when the tide is low. We’re up and breakfasted and off by 8am. […]
a couple of weekends ago, we took a couple of extra days off and drove to pauanaui for a long weekend. we had no plans aside from turning up, staying in bed late, swimming and exploring. we’ve never been there together and i was really surprised at just how much i enjoyed our stay. time […]
This is our last full day of walking and we wake to steady rain on the roof of the hut. My feet are swollen and feel like two fat sausages on the end of my legs. Not for the first time I wish they were pain free, but old injuries have flared up during this […]