As bad as Longwood Forest is, word on the trail is that Raetea is worse. Photo: Matt Burton

Which is the muddiest track of them all?

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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

Found at opposite ends of the country, Raetea and Longwood forests are synonymous with mud. Wilderness went to find out which is the muddiest.

I’d tried to keep my boots clean by jumping over brown puddles and skirting the edges of dank pools, but Raetea Forest in Northland was having none of that. The puddles and pools just got bigger the further I trudged. This forest is notorious for mud, and it was inevitable that I would be forced […]

About the author

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.