We awoke, fresh from the night's sleep, and the lumpy ground was actually pretty spongy to sleep on. It made for a fairly comfortable night. While Dave made his fancy coffee, Sarah refilled her water at the lake. We had breakfast and got ready to start the day, while making the most of the scenes before us. We had decided to choose the less mountainous route due to our "lack of fitness" and chose to go around the first 600m peak. This was to be our biggest mistake and downfa

Do you have that one friend who says to you, "Let’s go for a little hike - it will be fun?" But their indication of fun is 31-kilometer hike in the middle of rural Wales. Nowhere near civilisation. Well, that would be me, I am that friend. However, this time when I asked this, I had two wonderful friends who were just as keen as I was and said, "When do we leave?" Sarah and I decided to commemorate her leaving for New Zealand with a hike and wild camp, something we do best