The walk from Roses hut was only 10km and 5 hours. Again, all five of us found ourselves in the historic village of Macetown with a population of zero. We had passed the camp spot so I was encouraged to walk with the group an additional 13km to Arrowtown.
Big Hill Track was another 5 hours along the historic route along Arrow Gorge Rd, it was really hot and a gravel road mostly. I was way past my happy place and Max walked with me humouring me along the way. When we arrived at Sawpit Gully all four decided to free camp. Not for me I walked another km to exit the track and another couple km to a bed in a cabin in Arrowtown. I was exhausted.
The pic is Macetown where we stopped for lunch early afternoon.
@boxplayer Ha yep it's a bit of a roller coaster to review. A lot of written potch potch but a real experience. So glad to hear you have looked at it and commented.
@sandradavies I love walking/rambling and have done a couple of lowland national trails here in the UK over a period of a week but nothing like this (obviously difficult when you're still working). Maybe one day if my knees are still hanging on in there.
@boxplayer I wish we could ramble here in NZ but access to walk on private, public and crown land is restricted. Agree time to walk away from home takes commitment, I waited until I learnt working was over rated and left.
@sandradavies actually here rambling just means walking/hiking in the countryside (our national walking lobbying group is called Ramblers). It's exactly the same here in that what we call our 'right to roam' is severely restricted. An incredible 92 per cent of England is off limits to walkers. People are trying to do something about it https://www.righttoroam.org.uk/ but it's hard when you're up against vested interests. Scotland is better where you can roam more freely.
@boxplayer Wow 92% off limits! For me I appreciate the restriction having watched people walk over land and disrespect areas sacred to many. An example is camping at an ANZAC monument for veterans, I just couldn't and walked on to find a place next to a stream, glow worms and off road. While in Scotland I did have a roam many years ago and loved it!
@sandradavies aha that's really interesting about the issues with people being disrespectful. And as we are a very populous country any such problems could be worse ...
August 19th, 2022
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