Baby Steps

Nydia Bay, Marlborough Sounds

I take for granted that I grew up tramping. Some people didn’t grow up with the character-building torture of going for ‘short walks’ in the rain through the middle of nowhere as a kid. My friend Grace hadn’t grown up tramping, preffering the hotel lifestyle. When she asked if we could go tramping I was a bit surprised. We ended up agreeing on Nydia Lodge in the Marlborough Sounds as a suitable…