Andi and I first heard about this one when we were hiking in Lapland and chanced upon a Canadian – as you do! He told us it was the quieter continuation of the very well know Pacific Coast Trail – that sounded like our kind of walk.

Logistics meant we couldn’t complete this end to end, we drove down to a central point – Sombrio Beach –  and covered what looked to be the most scenic (and difficult) part of the trail, walking up to camp at Chin Beach, then a day hike as far south as Magdalena point.  Our group had changed a bit for this hike, it was farewell to Beth, who had to get back to work, sadly Catherine wasn’t going far with a cracked rib having fallen over on the houseboat a couple of days earlier, and hello to Meg, from America, who used to hike in NZ with the gaiter girls many years ago. Re united is so good!

First challenge was to get down the access road to the beach at ….., dodging the GIANT potholes – congratulations to Judy driving and Andi waving…..Next challenge was to climb OFF the beach. Steep and muddy, the path was a real mess.  We climbed over up and down roots and trunks and puddles and churned up mud, carrying our trusty packs or course. Poor Meg – what an introduction. But it was a beautiful mess – the rainforest was lush and the waterfall pouring directly into the sea was a dream.

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