A nice 6.30am start, and a warm day on relatively easy track. In these conditions 20+ miles isn’t a problem.

Somehow I got ahead of Freddy but he caught me up where the trail crossed Interstate 5. The others were ahead.

We discussed dropping in on the nearby Callaghan’s Mountain Lodge, and as we did a pickup pulled up and asked us how we were, then offered a lift! Who were we to refuse.

So we sat at the bar with the barman Wally, who has been looking after this bar for 38 years! We had water and ordered milkshakes and coffee. It then turned out as hikers we get a free beer!

We dragged ourselves away, but not before Freddy bought beers to carry to camp for the others, who weren’t impressed with our detour….. until they got the beer.