Three Capes Walk 12 th March

Some of you will be confused by the blog title. I should have been walking from San Sebastián Spain to Bilbao but the war in the Middle East starting the very evening before I was to fly resulted in cancelled flights.

Devastated but undeterred I decided to maintain a holiday frame of mind and see what I could do while I wait for flights to Spain to resume.

I have wanted to walk the Three Capes in Tasmania for awhile but it is always booked out for the times I wanted. Not this time. There was 1 place left for the 12 th so I pounced impulsively.

Gosh I forgot about having to take food etc! It has been a few years since I had a full through hike backpack. My resolution wavered but I was encouraged by my friend Kim and her husband who had just completed the walk a couple of weeks before.

I went into prep mode and dragged out my old friend my 50 litre Osprey back pack. A rather scruffy pack these days after about two thousand kms of hiking. An old bag on an old bag!

So here I am about to board the ferry for the first days hike (thankfully only about 4kms).

I had a good look around Port Arthur and there seems a lot more to see than when I was here about 30 years ago!

The ferry ride was quite exhilarating with wild wind and water flying. We were all grateful for the red ponchos. Even more exciting was an albatross and three dolphins that escorted us to Dennson cove the start of our walk.

When I arrived at Surveyers, our first lodge I was overwhelmed by a downpour of rain and blustery wind. It nearly blew me off the boardwalk!

So far I have met a lot of friendly hikers and there are a couple of solo walkers. Lots of women! It is cold and I am going to bed early!