“Lake Angelus is my favourite place in the world” he said as we discussed the trip ahead. Okay, he was born in the area so maybe I could excuse a bit of bias, but that was a bold claim from someone who has visited some amazing places all over the globe. Judging by the number of photos I brought back, maybe he was right.
My biggest encouragement was when he also said he wasn’t feeling that fit. Time to kick some butt, or so I thought. Alas, a lot can happen in four days, and nature would find a way of bringing me humbly back to earth by doing what nature does.
As so often happens in NZ, you step out of the car park and head straight up a hill. In this case a 650metre climb for the first hour-and-a-half. The upside is there are plenty of switchbacks,
