The pitter patter of rain drops on your hood is curiously comforting. Photo: Jacek Pakulski

The wetter the better

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Katrina Megget

Katrina is a freelance journalist, life coach and adventurer who has walked Te Araroa and sailed around Great Britain.

By Katrina Megget

Tramping in the rain might not be on your bucket list, but here are nine wonderful reasons why it should be.

“It looks like rain. You’re going to get wet,” said the elderly woman collecting her post as I hurried past towards the ridgeline of the Brynderwyns in Northland. Not long after, with a muesli bar halfway to my lips, I realised the sky’s gathering darkness was swarming and heading straight for me. I had two […]

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Katrina Megget

Katrina Megget is a freelance journalist, life coach and adventurer and has written extensively for Wilderness about Te Araora. Her work has appeared in the British Medical Journal, Scientific American and The Telegraph, and she is the former editor of British B2B publication PharmaTimes Magazine. Katrina has walked Te Araroa and sailed around the coast of Great Britain with her husband. She is currently writing a book on her TA experience.