Mostly you will know it when you’re just halfway through: this one’s not worth the effort. Harper Pass Track in Arthur’s Pass to Windy Point on the road to Lewis Pass: a journey I give the fingers to. A few friends do, too. We’ve even been known to give fingers from a plane if we […]
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Hazel Phillips
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