It’s an interesting observation when you realise that your body has started to accept its new routine of walking all day…every day.  I remember before leaving home reading other hiker’s blogs, talking of walking huge days of 40km and thinking to myself “Pff….well I won’t be doing that any time soon thank you very much!”  …

   I’ve just emerged from the forests of the Far North, dirty, tired, sore and not quite smelling of roses…. It’s been an adventure!  I passed through the Herekino and Raetea Forests which were particularly rugged and dense.  There were some long 10-11 hour days, bashing our way through thick lush forest filled with long …

Nothing like ticking off a few ‘firsts’ in one go… Not only my first solo hike but my first 100km hike on a beach!  It was very challenging but at the same time very exhilarating and totally immersed me head first into nature.  Just the way I like it. Unfortunately Belle and I had to …

Week one and it feels like I have been here a year !!! – by Belle Keynes Tozer I arrived in New Zealand amped with anticipation for our epic journey which lay ahead of us. The trip over was as silky and smooth as my ragdoll kitten, I could not believe how easily everthing fell …