Stewart Island deel 2

Stewart Island deel 2

Ik begin rustig. Weinig geslapen en de teen bonkt nu al in mijn schoen. Ik neem me voor zo min mogelijk opende klok te kijken en vooral door te lopen. Stops maak ik om de twee uur. Er staat 6 uur voor deze rit.. Hopelijk zijn de hunters in de jagers hut net twee uur voor Bungaree hut, dat scheelt mij tijd en moeite. T gaat redelijk en rond twaalf uur kom ik weer een hier tegen. Hij was blij met de jagers, ze hebben hem een vis mee gegeven. (Goed spul! ) and yes he also had an awsome night! Haha. He asks: " are u the dutch girl?" "Yes...?" He laughs and says, yeah they talked About you...  (Hopefully in a good way!)
3 hours have past, i hope i'm half way, but that's with this pace not possible.... The trouble with my right eye is gone. It was a sandfly... Naughty flies! Or again, some allergy....?

I can't remember this trip very Well.. I only know I was driven to get myself some where. And when i meet a couple on my way I start to regonize the path again... That means i should be close to the hunters hut. The couple is a mix of a Beligian guy and a Tjech(?) girl.. The girl doesn't look so happy, she is monding already ... Not so good, since the're not even halfway! They tell me the hunters were at the hunters hut with the boat. If i'm fast enough, I could have a boatride! Oh and again:" you are Belle?, they liked you, they won't expect you to come back!" 
I smile and answer: "Me neither...." 

But the moment of joy doesn't last long. The path that is so much wetter than before and so very slippery. The chicken steel that's been put over the wooden path comes loose and there it happend,my gaiters get stuck in them and with a big BANG! I hit the ground, hard, I fel on my back and rolled over to the site. In that moment I forget About my sore foot and use that foot to Climb up. Wrong! I get smacked to the ground again, on my knee.. Yes, Wiebe you might remember my knee.., Well it was just healed, I made a new wound. 
I can't do very much then to just sit there and thinking how the hell I get myself out of here. 
My back hurts and walking with a big backpack on is not funny.. 

"Go on girl,"a voice in me says. I so could use a hug and I so wish to see the hunters, any familiar face! 
I Finally reach the walkbridge... Now cross my fingers!! 

I'm sloping down, i try to keep myself busy so i start counting my steps. I look down at my feet to see where they go. And then suddenly I was shocked! "Well, Well Well, I never thought you'd come back! Did you miss us?" 
I bairly hold the tears that are in my eyes, finally! It's Mark O. He takes my back pack and brings me to the hut. We wait for Peter to come and then, yes, we get in to a boat! Oh, i'm here!

Back at the hut, everybody is very suprised to see me back again... I decide to stay for a night and walk the rest back tomorrow. But as the night falls and we have a look at the wound.... Hard to look... I taped it in so Well....almost 6 different knifes are handed to my direction to cut off the bandage.  Even the hunters look away of the wound... The nail has come loose on one side, so you clearly see errupted skin, and a big blood pressure under the nail.. IT's difficult to see what is what, as i'm wearing purper nailpolish... The skin under the nail colours the same... And a bit of black where the nail begins... God, i hate it... Is that my body? Yikes!
We tried to clean the wound and keep it open to let it breathe. 
Time for a beer... But little Mark knows something stronger, time for Murrays brew! ( some home made strong alcohol and you Add some flavour like vodka, or rum etc...) 
I choose the rum, I shure can use something strong now! 

At night I hardly sleep, the only moment I could sleep was from the alcohol. As we wake up, Berry comes up to me and tells me i've been moaning of pain all night in my sleep. He hands me one of his (strong!) painkillers. I go back to bed and finally sleep 3 hours! 

The foot gets swollen up and the weather is to rough to get out, i'm stuck and The hunters tell me to stay, as in an order! They look after me all the days. It's frustrating to do nothing all day, even the toilet that is 150 meters walking! ( not a joyfull moment) 
I soke my foot in a Bucket of salt seawater to desinfect. I try to do my piece of help in the hut by collecting the smal Woods to light the fire. I even cleaned the Windows with the papers. Coocking was not aloud, that was Brads task. Wow, this man knows how! 
He made a Nice stew of the young deer Berry shot. 
It was a special week. I learned to know these guys wich some if them I call pirates! Haha I love them, their a pain in the ass and talk big nonscene! But they're so so warm! 

Mark o is the one that always Picks up the (woudend)loopies. ( that's how they call us hikers), he is noisy and has a big mouth. And he likes walking around in his pink zebra striped onsie! The night always ends with his drunk head on the table... He's sensitive and proud About his disabled daughter, 
Work: farming.

Berry a big one, and not one to mess with. He's got al the black belts you can imagine. Don't Eat off hie plate, he Will hate you for that. He Jokes around to make people scared, but he likes that. He loved his wife Sharon very much, you can tell... He hates to see people in pain. He's got two bad knees and needs to be operated... But he's taking pills.. Under this hard boy is a very caring person. Oh and seasick!
Work: truck driver and diary farm.

Brad is the chef and does mot like girls to touch the fire... He likes to see woman in the old fashion way....m( enige recht is het aanrecht, maar bij hem dan zonder t koken)
He's very clever and unfortaintly has some trouble with his wife. 
He's naughty and always making sexual remarks, that Berry always cuts off. And even Mark O almost fight with him. 

Little Mark is a little bit left out of the group. He likes to be gone early in the Morning and has his spot near the beach where he sits, or sleeps all day... He's always busy on the phone.. We think with girls... He forgets what photo's he had on the camera i he showde me by accident some 'funny' ones... Always in for his brothers brew! 
Work: special force......

Peter is new in the group and he sort of makes the balance. He's always interested in every loopies story's and is a calm and relax person. Had gone through a lot. Lost his wife when she was only 35 and carrying their 2nd baby. The baby servived, she did not... He brought up two daughters on his own. He had a car accident while he drive to his parents in law to tell their daughter had died. He slipped, fall in the river up Side down with the two kids in the back. He managed to get out with the children... He's found new happiness with a new lady in his life and has kids of now 20 years old. Proud daddy! 
Work: head of builders company

Guy: the oldest and most funny guy! He swears all the time. I've never heard somebody saying the word Fuck so innocent, that it makes you laugh! 
He's always in for a cup of tea and he likes to walk in the forest. He lost one of his two sons. His Son was driving a truck and got killed by a drunk driver, only 6 months ago.  
Work: truck driver and diary farm. He's worked mostlynfor film productions, also lord of the rings... He was amazed by the idiot amount of trucks that was used in the film and also unused but driving around.. 

As we get further in the week we make a plan. We called the doc ( calling wasn't so easy.. No connection on my phone and from the others if you walk far enough without high tide on the beach). We arranged to let DOC send my little backpack that was still in a locker, on the Ferry to Oban, cancell my boat and i would hop on the boat of the hunters. 
So said so done. 

The boat had already trouble to get to the Bay, and when it's finally there we load the stuff in the dingy. I come last.. Berry walks up to me, lift me over his shoulder! With my feet in the air i'm hangend there!! He brings me to the dingy and the carefully bring me to the ship. 

The Ride was Nice.... Heavy, but we Dutchies like water.. So I had no trouble.. But have a look at the short movie i'll try to post!