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NICKY PELLEGRINO for SCOUT MAGAZINE11:12, Jul 22 2021 This story first appeared in SCOUT Travel magazine and is republished with permission. She’s better recognised for her tasty novels set in Italy, but bestselling author Nicky Pellegrino finds plenty to write home about the east of our own Main Divide. The last time I was in North Canterbury was on a horse trek that involved long days in the saddle riding across steep terrain. Very often I was sore and scared, but even so, on the final day, when leaving the mountains behind, a sort of sadness seemed to settle over me. I am the least ooky-spooky person you could ever hope to meet, but for a moment it almost felt as if the High Country was trying to tug me back again. ....