Mid-winter Tramping
To be honest I was keen to get out of the city after all those weeks stuck in Covid19 lockdown. A weekend away in the bush sounded appealing.
Hot pools. If you are going to tramp this time of year with its mud, short days, and cold nights pick somewhere that allows you to camp by a hot pool. Preferably also convince a close friend with benefits like a love of camping, starry nights, and my company. In the middle of winter. Not easy.
On an earlier pre-Covid mountain-biking trip to Rotorua, apart from being too early to come across Michael Clarke,
