This weekend found us trekking up and down the 7 volcanoes again, but in the heat of the day this time - just for the heck of it!! Well, actually it was just me and 'the boys' - Kathryn had a better offer of a weekend away with friends, so who could blame her. We started in full sun, singlets, hats, blistering heat, but by the time we reached One Tree Hill, we were being soaked as it bucketed down huge raindrops. Here began the first lesson of the day - be prepared!
Fortunately Brent had thought to bring the lambs wool as I was trialling the 'two pairs of socks' theory. By the time my feet were wet from the rain, this theory was well and truly defunct so I was very thankful for the wool on my feet for the rest of the journey and thankfully suffered no further foot trouble. Unfortunately, I had not thought to put any other clothing in my pack and was feeling the chill, or rather, not feeling my fingertips before too long. The inclement weather however did not last too long and we were soon in bright sunshine again. The entire route was about 27km this time around as we 'needed' to take a detour/shortcut home via Eden Park to find out the cricket score (not good at the time either!). We kept an average speed of 5.8kph over the distance, with the highest elevation being 200m above sea level. Thank goodness for Brent's fab new GPS so that we can report back with all of these wonderful statistics.
This next bit is a request for assistance.
In order for us to get to Taupo and for our support group to be able to follow us to checkpoints we have hired a campervan. If there is anyone who would like to make a contribution directly to help us out with the cost of that, we would be very appreciative. OR anyone who knows of a place where we could park up for the night in Taupo on the Friday night 9.April), before we start, we would also be very grateful to hear from you.
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Huge thanks again to all of those who have made a donation via our page or left a message/comment in support - it is a very humbling experience - thank you.
You can check out our progress on the following link, and also check out on the Oxfam Trailwalk page the different sorts of things the money you donate will be used for.
http://www.oxfam.org.nz/
Well team, it's good night from me, and it's goodnight from him (indoors - aka Brent!)
Ka kite ano :-)
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