In March I went south to walk the Milford Track, at last, with Brent, Shona, Scott and Kath. It was beautiful, of course, and very enjoyable, also of course. I've been wanting to do it for ages but it just kept getting put off. Luckily Kath is organisational supremo and took care of all our bookings, buses, huts and accommodation in Te Anau. All I had to do was buy a plane ticket. Easy. Fiordland is gorgeous, as most people on this planet already know. The walk is not too difficult; four days, the first one of them very short with only a couple of hours of strolling along pretty flat graded tracks. There's only one significant hill, but even that is only an hour and a half up and four hours down the other side.
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