There are fast walkers and there are slow walkers. Whatever your pace, just remember, it’s not a race. As we stop to say our goodbyes, the Finn, with piercing blue eyes, says: “It is unlikely we will meet again. You are a slow walker. I am much faster. I doubt you will catch me up.” […]
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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.
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