some hill running

YIC has just returned from 3 excellent days in the Tableland area of Kahurangi National Park. It was a fairly easy tramping area, so YIC took the opportunity to run up a few hills. He ran up Mt Arthur (1795m - a popular day walk) and Mt Peel (1654m - a round trip around the cirque enclosing Lake Peel). The scenery was reminiscent of the Lake District, but much quieter. His planned lift back on a shuttle bus fell through, but luckily Peter & Sue from Dunedin had been mountain biking from the Flora Car Park where YIC was waiting for a lift. They kindly gave YIC a lift all the way back to Nelson YHA - thanks folks!

The approach to Mt Arthur

Lake Peel from the Mt Peel ridge

The Kahurangi stretches into the distance from Mt Peel