
Back to Borland – Part Two
“On a Mish” #272 Back to Borland – Part Two. Fiordland National Park. 20.4.2021. Twenty metres of very easy walking had taken me from my
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“On a Mish” #272 Back to Borland – Part Two. Fiordland National Park. 20.4.2021. Twenty metres of very easy walking had taken me from my

“On a Mish” #269 Back in the Game (Part Three). Lake Marian. Fiordland National Park. 14.4.2021. It is amazing where determination / stubbornness can get

“On a Mish” #269 Back in the Game (Part Two). Lake Marian Track. Fiordland National Park. 14.4.2021. Taking steps into the Darran Mountains alone is

“On a Mish” #269 Back in the Game (Part One). Eglington Valley & Hollyford Valley. Fiordland National Park. 14.4.2021. It had been a long time

“On a Mish” #247 Serpentine Creek Saddle – Part Two. Cimera Range. 5.2.2021. It is so easy to give in to an injury and let

“On a Mish” #247 Serpentine Creek Saddle – Part One. Cimera Range. 4.2.2021. Frustration is a ready mind but broken body. Adjusting to my situation

“On a Mish” #246 A Little Help Please (Part 3). Dogs Range. Hakatere Conservation Park. 1.2.2021. The simple pastime of being outdoors all night long

“On a Mish” #246 A little Help Please (Part 2). Dogs Range. Hakatere Conservation Park. 31.1.2021. As time since my hip injury has rolled on,

“On a Mish” #246 A little Help Please (Part One). Dogs Range. Hakatere Conservation Park. 30.1.2021. I’ll take a night in a tent over any

“On a Mish” #245 A Brief Encounter Like Able Tasman. Anapai Campsite. Abel Tasman National Park. 19.1.2021. Abel Janszoon Tasman briefly visited Aotearoa in 1642,

“A Mish a Day” #222 Back To Nature. Pokhara. Nepal. 12.11.2018. After 9 days hiking through the Ruby Valley Region in the Himalayan Foothills on

“A Mish a Day” #23 (Part 2) Cameron Valley Bivouac. Hakatere Conservation Area. 26.7.2016. Now out of the storm in our make-shift shelter, we could

“On a Mish” #352 Grandeur on Steroids (Part Four). Upper Rakaia River (Evans Hut to Upper Rakaia). Canterbury. Aotearoa. 8.10.2022. There aren’t too many places

“On a Mish” #75 Not Part of the Day’s Plan. Steep Face Hill(1876m). Hakatere Conservation Park. 3.9.2013. We really are spoiled for choice when it

“On a Mish” #11 Summer Snow (Part Three). East Face of Ocean Peak. Mt Aspiring National Park. 16.1.2012. Te Waipounamu sits in the line of

“On a Mish” #15 The Pile of Bones(Part Two) – Mt Catherine(2085m). Hakatere Conservation Area. 16.10.2015. One of the very few downsides of a camping