Old Ghost Road Part 1

To avoid some of the issues around Nelson, mainly a lack of water and overcrowding Peewee has decided on taking the scenic route across the top of the South Island. Our entry point was the Old Ghost Road, a biking and tramping track starting at Lyell. After beating off the sand flies while we organised our gear and the car Peewee was off.

The track to Lyell Saddle is gently graded through the bush.  On the way Peewee made friends with the robins . In fact some them were keen to have him come and stay!

Peewee  making friends with the robin

The next day Peewee travelled on to Ghost Lake Hut. Now the place is not as scary as it sounds. It is
 in fact one of the most scenic huts Peewee has stayed in. It is situated on the edge of a hanging
valley with views across Kahurangi, we could see the smoke from the fire in Nelson , and all the way across to the inland Kaikora Mountains .

We had a view down to the tarn called Ghost Lake and there was a friendly kea that acted as an alarm clock the next morning.

Ghost Lake

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