Bruce Hopkins does not love the mud in Southland.
Bruce Hopkins Trail Diary - Week 30, 27 April - 4 May 2018
Te Anau - Invercargill
"Just been raving and ranting about some a-hole walking off with my hiking poles from the hostel in Te Anau!
"On the way to Aparima hut in Southland I endured three and a half days of misty, freezing cold drizzle. Ended up having a weather day in Aparima with Edd Barber who I have connected with three times now while on Te Araroa in the South Island."
"Five other trampers arrived that night and a damn fine fire kept the hut warm!"
"And now it begins to get slightly strange as the end of this 6 1/2 month odyssey draws near.
"Getting so close but the craziness continues! I'm missing my family big time, blessed to have been able to get this far."