After 3 weekends spent in Christchurch I was ready to get away and luckily there was a trip all organised and good to go. And so 13 of us set off to do the Lake Christabel track. The sign at the start of the track that read - for experienced trampers did not scare us away although the track did end up to be more than we expected, taking us 8-9 hours on both days to walk. But luck was on our side as the weather was perfect because we would have been miserable crawling through mud up the really steep bits and probably stuck knee deep in the marsh if it had been raining. Instead, we had a chance to swim in the lake which some took and enjoy the beautiful weather spending the whole day outdoors. With robins following us and German tramping songs to lighten the mood the time passed quickly enough. I even met some great new people, a must do on any good trip.
Work has started to effect me as I kept a lookout for native buttercups while walking on the first day.
Also, felt myself getting upset over the patches of invasive buttercups and thistles on the track :P
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