Nomadic Bimbling - UK Summer 2022
Waiting for my New Zealand tourist visa to reset, I've been dabbling with nomadic living in the UK. It's been a rather weird Summer full...
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Tom Napper
- Aug 17
- 3 min
Farragon Hill - Bike, Hike, Corbett Surprise!
Straight off the back of walking the Speyside Way I only had one day left in Scotland and ever since I'd arrived I'd seen a really big...
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Tom Napper
- Jan 17
- 12 min
Angelus to Hopeless Hut. New Year. New Misadventures.
A three day loop hike via Roberts Ridge to Angelus Hut. Sunset Saddle and Angelus Peak. Then down to Hopeless Hut. Drama ensued. As usual!
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Tom Napper
- Dec 2, 2021
- 6 min
Stewart Island Shenanigans - Mud Mud Mud Mud!
Freshwater Hut to Mason Bay Hut - 3-4 Hours - 15.5km My New Zealand visa was running out for the fourth time so I needed to get the hell...
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Tom Napper
- Oct 4, 2021
- 4 min
Scott Basin - A Plan With Two Dans
Day 1 - Dart Valley to Scott Basin Another weekend. Another Otago outdoor epic! This time I hopped in the car with Tamasin Christina...
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Tom Napper
- Sep 27, 2021
- 6 min
Creeped Out up the Copland Track
Day 1 - Copland Track to Welcome Flat Hut With the visa deadline looming (for the fourth time) I joined a "girls hike" up the Copland...
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Tom Napper
- Sep 24, 2021
- 6 min
A Winter Routeburn Birthday
Eighteen months into my five week holiday and I found myself having a second birthday in New Zealand. The first one was pretty epic, with...
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Tom Napper
- Jun 21, 2021
- 4 min
Painting A Frosty Kepler Track
Day 1 - Te Anau to Luxmore Hut Kepler Track Ridge Prints Available The Kepler Track is one of @docgovtnz's Great Walks. A 60km loop from...
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Tom Napper
- Jun 12, 2021
- 2 min
Painting from Wye Creek
Queenstown from Wye Creek - Prints available Queenstown is a tricky for someone who travels by bike because although there is 160km of...
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Tom Napper
- Jun 9, 2021
- 2 min
Luxmore Hut Overnighter - Kepler Track
Day 1 - Luxmore Hut & Caves Lake Te Anau from Luxmore Hut - Prints available Wooho, what an amazing trip! Time to test my gammy hip with...
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Tom Napper
- Jun 3, 2021
- 1 min
Moving Flat - Queenstown
New Zealand Chapter... Three!? Right as my next six month visa confirmed I found out I had to move. Again! 😒 House viewings intimidate...
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Tom Napper
- May 11, 2021
- 8 min
Painting Milford Track - My First Multi-Day Hike
My visa was running out so I tried to leave New Zealand for Australia. Instead I got stuck in a lockdown, lived in a tent in a rain storm...
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Tom Napper
- May 3, 2021
- 1 min
What a Difference a Year Makes
1 Hour watercolour - Walter Peak from Queenstown Hill. Prints available. My hip injury has finally let me out to play so I made it up...
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Tom Napper
- Apr 24, 2021
- 2 min
That time I won a trip of a lifetime!?
Everest Basecamp Badge - Merch available. It was just your average Thursday night and I leant over to turn off my bedside light......
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Tom Napper
- Mar 25, 2021
- 4 min
Walter Peak Panic!
Walter Peak from Queenstown Prints available. Well, I finally got waaay too far outside my comfort zone. It had to happen eventually!...
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