Thanks for inspiring me to follow your footsteps! The Bell track was great UNTIL the mud! I have never experienced anything like it…Tararua, Ruahine mud and even UK mud can’t compete! Early Feb and we haven’t had a huge amount of rain so I can’t understand why the section before Cone (and a bit after) was so horrendous. Oh well, good boot cleaning facilities at the excellent hut. Other than that it was a great circuit. Just be warned that the mud can be a real obstacle.
Thanks for watching! Yes that mud really was quite extreme near the top! At least the hut is great quality - shame there's no fire in it to dry things off with though!
Also, thank you for your videos. I'm moving back to NZ and can't wait to experience the stuff that was right in front of me, but I'd gone for big cities overseas instead
Awesome, there really is no place like NZ. I’m over in the UK now, so it’s good to see something different, but I’m not sure I like the size of the cities!