Wanaka Day 2
Next weekend in Wanaka is a big triathlon festival which inspired me to do a pre-breakfast 4 mile run/plod along part of the route - my head loved it but the Achilles’ tendons weren’t quite as keen, they would definitely prefer to be on the bike. A rainbow appeared at my halfway point so I had to stop and take a photo (and catch my breath).
Pete the previous lodge owner had recommended a hike which avoided the Instagram crowd at Roy’s Peak. It was a 20 minute drive so I braved the automatic hire car driving for the first time. It went fine once I remembered not to do anything with my left foot!
The climb was up Rocky Mountain, an entirely appropriate name as it became rather goat like.
I huffed, scrambled and puffed my way up for an hour with these incredible views when I reached the top.
There were a few people up there and we took each other’s photos, as you do.
As always, I found the descent much harder than the ascent with quite a bit of inelegant bottom shuffling and complaining knees. It was definitely not suitable for vertigo sufferers - this photo looks deceptively flat but that’s a sheer drop on the left..
I drove back to the apartment without having to reverse at all, phew. After all that exertion, an afternoon of total inactivity with a rather amazing view (the lake not the back of hubby’s head obvs)
Pete the previous lodge owner had recommended a hike which avoided the Instagram crowd at Roy’s Peak. It was a 20 minute drive so I braved the automatic hire car driving for the first time. It went fine once I remembered not to do anything with my left foot!
The hike started at Diamond Lake and then climbed, a lot.
The climb was up Rocky Mountain, an entirely appropriate name as it became rather goat like.
I huffed, scrambled and puffed my way up for an hour with these incredible views when I reached the top.
There were a few people up there and we took each other’s photos, as you do.
As always, I found the descent much harder than the ascent with quite a bit of inelegant bottom shuffling and complaining knees. It was definitely not suitable for vertigo sufferers - this photo looks deceptively flat but that’s a sheer drop on the left..
I drove back to the apartment without having to reverse at all, phew. After all that exertion, an afternoon of total inactivity with a rather amazing view (the lake not the back of hubby’s head obvs)
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