In preparation for our honeymoon hike in Tassie, we've been waking at ungodly hours (5:30), putting on our packs, complete with weights stashed in the bottom and walking up the hill/mountain down the road. I have to say, I've been surprised by how many other people are up and walking/jogging at that time of the morning there's even been a couple of boot camps running the hill!
Mt T Local
After doing it for a few mornings we've started to recognize people, nod 'hello' and this morning stop to talk with some of them. To be fair, mostly we recognise people by their dogs at this point. There's the ladies who walk 'Sirius' (our nickname as the dog looks like the one from the Harry Potter movies), a Maltese Jack Russell cross that has the fluff of a Maltese but the colour and temperament of a Jack Russell (so much to smell, so little time to do it in - and no, I won't come when you want me to because this smell right here is just tooooooooo good) and a Mini Schnauzer that is well and truly doing it's bit for Movember.
It has such a nice community feel to it. Not to mention that the view is stunningly beautiful with all the rain we're having lately. Someone brings up a big container of water each day so that dogs who walk their people up (or people who walk their dogs up) can get a drink. At the moment there's a laminated sign tied to the bench at the top advertising the Mt T walkers' christmas party - 6 am, BYO champagne and strawberries! I'm sorry we'll miss it as we'll already be honeymooning.
Even once our big hike is over, I think you'll still find me stumbling out of bed just because of that shared sense of community.
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