I had given up on sleep at 3am. I managed to get a couple of hours before waking up frozen, and slipped on my jacket over my sleeping clothes. The same Kmart jacket I was going to leave in the car yesterday. It wasn’t enough to keep me from the cold and I dozed, never… Continue reading Trail Tale – Part Fivesix
After the last pair of expensive hiking boots tore up my feet, I wasn’t wearing them again…ever! I had found a pair of joggers at Big W at the last minute that ‘should do the job’. They looked so clean compared to my dusty gaiters. At Prevelly, the clouds were deciding if they should throw… Continue reading Trail Tale – Part Four
Our camp site is set under whispering peppy trees. Such a beautiful sound to wake to on day three. The air is chilled as I filter my water for the trek ahead. We saunter out just after seven and walk wide dirt tracks. Soon enough these begin to narrow, and our arms are raked by… Continue reading Trail Tale – Part Three
A rotisserie chicken – that is how I describe my first night sleep on the Cape to Cape Trail. On an 8mm foam yoga mat, I conked out on my side, woke up with a blow-up pillow full of drool, turned onto my back and conked out again. This was the 360-degree rotation all night.… Continue reading Trail Tale – Part Two
Inbetween Coffees 