Dead Dog Hut 5-6 December

Overnight trip to Dead Dog hut in the Ruahines
Saturday, 05 December 2015

The friendly farmer let us drive right to Herricks hut

Badjelly had brought a new dress for the occasion

We started out Dead Dog hut bound

GUO climbing down a steep bank with a rope

Then a steep climb up the other side

Cabbage trees in full bloom

We made the river

and ate lunch

Whilst some of us pondered retirement

Right now for the river bit

It was such a great day for river travel - 30 degrees

We passed some nice camping spots

and a champagne pool

Even saw two Blue Ducks...quack quack

We got to the hut and all decided to tent

Wayne and his lightweight set up

Dead Dog hut

Time to relax

The club arsonist lit a fire and put the jug on

Then he sat and relaxed with a FMC Bulletin like any good tramper would

You can always tell when the temp starts to drop...the fire huddle begineth

We all had a comfy night despite a little rain

Back to Herricks we went

A few spits of rain along the way, but nothing too serious

Olivia Newton John

Wayne showing how it's done

Rupe taking a shortcut

Exactly what are these two up to?

DW provided a free pack carrying service up the rope hill. A few people humoured him by accepting his offer.

An old boot

Back at Herricks - front runner Heather asked what took us all so long!