Time for tea and suddenly we’re joined by more people. You never know if you’ll have the hut to yourself or if you’ll be sharing a bunk bench with 10 other strangers :) Bizarrely, as the two couples arrived, they turned out to know a bit about us! Cookie explains…
We had a bizarre almost meeting of two other Te Araroa hikers today. This morning at camp I emailed Alex and Shalane who we saw in the paper the other day to say we were nearby. At lunch we checked mail and they’d replied that they were just below us on Gladstone Road, staying with the owners of the outdoor pursuits centre (relaxing in a jacuzzi and swigging wine by the sounds of it). Anyhow, turns out they were going to follow the coast to Wellington, so even though we were ridiculously close, we wouldn’t actually meet. We did however meet their hosts, they came up to Waiopehu Hut with friends that afternoon.
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