Summers finished and so has the tramping ... Lockdown has put an end to that!

This summer saw us get out for a few trips, there is never enough time to do everything!
But I am grateful for the trips I did get in and the people I shared them with, Helen, Karen and Dean.

Our first foray into the hills was an old favourite in Nelson Lakes National Park, the Bushline Hut, this has one of the best sunrises and is so worth getting up for.

Just over an hour and a halves drive and roughly two hours walk from the road end, this beaut little hut resides nuggled into a piece of native busk looking down on Lake Rotoroa and St Arnaud village.

Our next trip was in Kahurangi National Park to Mt Owen, I don't know how many times I have driven by and looked at the Mt Owen massif yet never been up to it.

Again with the company of Helen, Karen and Dean we drove to Tapawera and into the Wangapeka carpark to spend the day climbing through the bush and out onto the tops to Granity Pass Hut, to spend the night and return the same way.
The rock formations are stunning and it is well worth the effort to get to, certainly I will be going back.

Our third trip before the Lockdown was five days into Kahurangi National Park again to the Thousand Acre Plateau, this is an absolutely stunning place to visit, we were fortunate to have fine weather for the length of our stay with minimal contact with others it certainly felt like a wilderness trip.
With three nights in huts and another in the tent Helen and I took our time to explore and relax.

Until next summer post lockdown!