After a windy night, the morning was cold and indeed was the first time I started hiking with my down jacket. Flakes of ice were being blown off the trees and even the flowers were covered.

We made for the next water source (Robin Bird Spring), about ten miles distant. We didn’t really stop much due to the cold but by the time we arrived the wind had eased. In doing so, we passed 600 miles.

After our stop, when we crossed to the other side of the ridge, the sun started to come out and by mid afternoon it was a glorious sunny day!

On approaching Landers Meadow Camp, our destination for the night, we were delighted to see that Support Droid was here tonight, a week after we last saw him at Sawmill Camp! So a wonderful vegetable chilli was provided.

The temperature soon dropped and we disappeared into our tents. Some others there had a big campfire, and they said this time last year they were in shorts and t-shirts – this is really unusual weather.