Day 6/50 🥾Te Araroa Trail - The North Island 🇳🇿
📍Supported by ZOLEO @zoleolifeeurope #ChallengeWithZoleo
ℹ️Stats: Date: Monday 6th November
Weather: hot & sunny ☀️ but I was in the woods so quite cool
From: Saddle Road Campground
Start time: 7.20am
To: small camping area approximately halfway down Makene Rd.
End time: 4.50pm
Accommodation: camped 🏕️
Terrain: mud, mud, mud with roots and then more mud
🥾Km: 12.9
🦶Steps: 16,606
Total Km: 154.3/1600 9.6% ✅
💰Costs: $0
Subjective feeling out of 10 on:
Enjoyment: 2/10 - type 2 fun!
Fatigue: 3/10
Ease of terrain: 10/10 - one of the hardest sections/walk I’ve done this year!! No words.
Highlights: reaching the campsite, washing my feet & trainers in the stream. Lying down in the sunshine. Mentally preparing for the next day!
Challenges: The mud was brutal and it hadn’t been raining for the last few days. I was slipping and sliding all over the place. Went over in my left ankle at the very start. It was such a hard day. An unbelievable stretch. I knew it was going to be tough - but OMG - WTF! 😂
Day 7/50 🥾Te Araroa Trail - The North Island 🇳🇿
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ℹ️Stats: Date: Tuesday 7th November
Weather: sunny ☀️ with rain showers on & off all day
From: campground halfway down Makene Rd
Start time: 7.35am
To: Puketi Recreational Camp Ground.
End time: 5pm
Accommodation: camped 🏕️
Terrain: gravel roads
🥾Km: 34.4
🦶Steps: 44,093
Hitch - 1️⃣ 9km
Total Km: 197.5/1600 12% ✅
💰Costs: $46 breakfast (egg & bacon in lettuce), hot chocolate & resupply (crisps, chocolate, dried mango, dried melon)
$8 camping 🏕️
$44 top up for SIM card
Total 🟰 $98
Subjective feeling out of 10 on:
Enjoyment: 3/10 road walking is so tough
Fatigue: 2/10 - still feel really strong and doing good distances
Ease of terrain: 3/10 - gravel roads
Highlights: chatting with fellow hikers. Really great to hear more about their experiences and why they were doing the trail. Lots of Brits 🇬🇧 out here!
Challenges: my left ankle is still giving me trouble. I’ve put a tube grib on to give it more support. It’s quite badly bruised and swollen.
Day 8/50 🥾Te Araroa Trail - The North Island 🇳🇿
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ℹ️Stats: Date: Tuesday 8th November
Weather: hot & sunny ☀️
From: Puketi Recreational Camp Ground
Start time: 7.15am
To: Hone Keke Lodge
End time: 4.40pm (after stopping for resupply)
Accommodation: bed 🛌
Terrain: road, farm land, gravel paths
🥾Km: 27.5
🦶Steps: 35,211
Total Km: 222/1600 13.8% ✅
💰Costs: $25 accommodation
$140 resupply (this included 2 pieces of chicken $10, bottle of wine $10 - I honestly don’t know how the rest added up to $120 - food is expensive)
Subjective feeling out of 10 on:
Enjoyment: 8/10 perfect day of walking. Good weather, nice views, waterfalls, a few rest stops.
Fatigue: 4/10
Ease of terrain: 3/10 nothing particularly difficult today
Highlights: cooked up a storm (chicken, bacon, onion, white sauce with rice) had some New Zealand 🇳🇿 wine 🍷 while cooking. It was delightful 🥳
Challenges: I thought I was going to have to walk through fields of cows and bulls. I was not looking forward to it. However, going through the farm, we were separated from the animals and were on the other side of the fence. So it was all good.
Day 9/50 🥾Te Araroa Trail - The North Island 🇳🇿
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ℹ️Stats: Date: Thursday 9th November
Weather: sunny - but a little cooler
From: KeriKeri
Start time: 10am
To: Russell, Top 10 Holiday Park
End time: 6pm
Accommodation: camped 🏕️
Terrain: gravel roads
🥾Km: 26
🦶Steps: 33,188
Total Km: 244/1600 = 15% done
💰Costs: $8 ferry at 5.10pm
$40 camping
Total 🟰 $48
Subjective feeling out of 10 on:
Enjoyment: 6/10
Fatigue: 5/10 felt super tired in the afternoon
Ease of terrain: 3/10
Highlights: walking the final section of the Kerikeri river track. Which was stunning - beautiful waterfall! Meeting Danny (🇬🇧) & Peter (🇺🇸), taking the ferry ⛴️ over to Russell which is a gorgeous town!
Challenges: my pack did weight heavy - after doing a big resupply!
Day 10/50 🥾Te Araroa Trail - The North Island 🇳🇿
📍Supported by ZOLEO @zoleolifeeurope #ChallengeWithZoleo
ℹ️Stats: Date: Friday 10th November
Weather: hot & sunny ☀️
From: Russell
Start time: 7.20am
To: the Farm
End time: 2.30pm
Accommodation: camped 🏕️
Terrain: road, small section of boardwalk & gravel road, road
🥾Km: 25
🦶Steps: 31,967
Total Km: 281.5/1600 = 17.6 % ✅
💰Costs: $25 camping 🏕️
Subjective feeling out of 10 on:
Enjoyment: 8/10
Fatigue: 3/10
Ease of terrain: 4/10
Highlights: reaching the camp site early. Having a shower 🚿, sunbathing ☀️ & relaxing.
Challenges: the road walking…..
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