Walking ended today
Hello all
Our walking holiday finished today (20th Feb). It has been more than a bit damp again!
Back a few days in Queenstown! The weather keep being cloudy and damp so no star gazing. But last Saturday, I did get a walk up a hill at the back of the motel once the day became sunny, following the route of a chair-lift and going a bit further resulted in 600 m ascent walk.
Leaving Queenstwon on Sunday for a our last 2 nights we had a long drive to the Mt Cook area. We were greeted with strong winds on arrival and our guide made a quick change of plan and got us into a hut for 2 nights instead of tents. The weather on Sunday was nice, some clouds, but the mountain and the surrounding ones were quite visible and we had another hill climb to take the long drive out of the legs, Great views of the valley.
The next morning we were glad of the hut, the camping area had collapsed tents, broken polls and drenched campers sitting in the cars. Te weather remained bad all day and although a few went out walking it was generally very wet.
After that last night we had the drag up to Christchurch, knowing we getting closer with increasing number of vehicles and then traffic lights. It has rained literally all day without stopping as cyclone from the North is running over NZ. After being dropped at my very nice AirBNB, I had to get my full waterproofs and boots on to go out for food this evening. Its still raining now at 8 PM at night and I was up at 5 AM this morning when was raining as well.
Photos to follow in some more posts tonight and probably tomorrow as it is forecast to keep raining for another 20 or so hours.
Our walking holiday finished today (20th Feb). It has been more than a bit damp again!
Back a few days in Queenstown! The weather keep being cloudy and damp so no star gazing. But last Saturday, I did get a walk up a hill at the back of the motel once the day became sunny, following the route of a chair-lift and going a bit further resulted in 600 m ascent walk.
Leaving Queenstwon on Sunday for a our last 2 nights we had a long drive to the Mt Cook area. We were greeted with strong winds on arrival and our guide made a quick change of plan and got us into a hut for 2 nights instead of tents. The weather on Sunday was nice, some clouds, but the mountain and the surrounding ones were quite visible and we had another hill climb to take the long drive out of the legs, Great views of the valley.
The next morning we were glad of the hut, the camping area had collapsed tents, broken polls and drenched campers sitting in the cars. Te weather remained bad all day and although a few went out walking it was generally very wet.
After that last night we had the drag up to Christchurch, knowing we getting closer with increasing number of vehicles and then traffic lights. It has rained literally all day without stopping as cyclone from the North is running over NZ. After being dropped at my very nice AirBNB, I had to get my full waterproofs and boots on to go out for food this evening. Its still raining now at 8 PM at night and I was up at 5 AM this morning when was raining as well.
Photos to follow in some more posts tonight and probably tomorrow as it is forecast to keep raining for another 20 or so hours.
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