Rob-n-Hild, Eastward Ho!
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Terra Nova 89.9 km - Walking. 5:27 hours. 634 m climbed. 
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| Well, we had a lovely night last night - followed by a looong walk today. This park is known as a "dark skies" site - where stars can be seen clearly due to a lack other light coming from the ground. We had fallen asleep while the sky was still light, but waking up around 1.30 am, even Rob could see stars through the clear panels in the Oasis - without his contact lenses! Sadly, our phone cameras don't work on this so you will have to take our word for it - or come here yourself.... Bring warm clothes though as it is chilly to stand looking up on clear nights. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| We had breakfast early as Hild had a meeting scheduled for 7.30. It looked lovely, but it was still cold - so Hild found Rob a rock to do step-ups to keep warm while the kettle boiled. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| By the time we had eaten breakfast the sun had warmed up the Oasis nicely (and begun to charge up our various electronic items) for Hild to have her meeting in just her normal clothes. I think she deliberately sat in the seat with her back to the window so that the others on the call would be jealous of the backdrop.... With the call over by 9, we could then go for our walk. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| We started out north from our campsite along the coastal path, which joined up with a second walk, which was a loop, creating a drumstick kind of a route (see the map above) and also meant we couldn't cheat and turn round early! It was a nice mixture as the track kept switching between forest and beach along the bay. That meant a lot of up and down though, so we were ready for lunch at Buckley's Cove not quite half-way round the loop. After the loop, we then had to come back down the caostal path and in the end we did 18.9 km! Needless to say there was a lot of going flop after that, although the iPads wer now fully charged so Rob could watch some football and Hild could puzzle! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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May/June 2023
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