Off to stretch the legs again this weekend. Not quite as exciting as the Brass Monkey Biv trip … but surprisingly I was pretty tired by the end of the day… not quite sure why really as it should have been fine!
It was here:
Just a nice cruisey loop on a track.. didn’t see another soul – which was surprising as it’s (apparently) the only loop track in Arthurs Pass… though our tramping book is a little out of date so maybe that has changed.
These trees were interesting…
I’m no botanist.. but the ground was pretty clear beneath them (little bush).. so I’m assuming they’re some sort of old growth trees? No idea.. feel free to comment if you do know. Feel free to comment if you don’t know. Generally, just feel free to comment. Unless you’re a spammer… then you can go away and not comment. Right.. back to task..
Where we camped on Friday night was probably the worst case of sandflies I’ve ever experienced.. the air was just *thick* with them. We got in and out of the tent as fast as possible.. but still had to kill about 200 of the things that got inside in the seconds the fly was open. Nasty.
All up a nice tramp… but there are probably other ones to do before this one will be repeated … especially with the sandflies!
Sjoerd
March 10, 2012 at 7:03 am
Just to check how many sandflies there were. As many as one would encounter on a kayak trip in a sound…say doubtful sound?
Patrick
March 23, 2012 at 6:34 am
Good question… it’d be a pretty close run thing actually.
Patrick Davey [Dad]
March 24, 2012 at 9:36 am
Just a little reminder from the overnight trip we did: Citronella repellants attract sand flies, at least the ones in Doubtful.
Patrick
April 3, 2012 at 9:14 am
I think anything attracts them in Doubtful ;)