Saturday 13th May
Time to pack up and head back to Christchurch.  Only a 3 hour hike and then a 2 hour drive back to Jucy Snooze to get organised to fly home in the morning. Can’t wait to see all my family  and friends. It is fantastic having a holiday but it is also nice to come home.

Well at least the day was brighter than yesterday. It was very cold but the sun was starting to shine through the clouds. We tidied up the hut and headed on our way. Lucky the heat in the hut managed to dry all our wet gear overnight. Off we went, I was on a bit of a go slow today, not sure if it was just so I could enjoy the time we had left longer. It was a good hike up to 1200m. We had a swing bridge to negotiate, it was very rickety and had a maximum load of 1 person. We only passed 3 guys with a young child in a back pack today and 1 girl yesterday. The views today were amazing, snow covered mountain peaks, forests, plains, beautiful clear skies and nooo rain thank goodness. Considering the amount of rain we had yesterday the track was quite good. There were only a few really slippery, muddy sections.

We finished the hike at about 1.30pm and then headed back to Christchurch. Just have to pack, as we have made quite a few purchases whilst we were here – backpack, sleeping bags, waterproof gear, stove, so we will have to rejig our bags to fit everything in. We went down to the communal kitchen and gave our food away to some backpackers who had just arrived here, then we went out for a nice dinner at SuRa Teppanyaki.

Anyway, see you all soon.