Saturday 18 October 2008
The first of the club's summer walks was held starting from Port Chalmers. 15 members turned up. Craig picked me up from St Leonards and we met the walkers opposite New World. Rain was threatening and it was quite windy.
We walked over Back Beach, the opposite way to the half marathon, then onto Carey's Bay. We went up past the cemetery coming out on Mount Street. From here it was the back road to Sawyer's Bay and along SH 88 to our cars. A walk of around 10km.
The first of the club's summer walks was held starting from Port Chalmers. 15 members turned up. Craig picked me up from St Leonards and we met the walkers opposite New World. Rain was threatening and it was quite windy.
We walked over Back Beach, the opposite way to the half marathon, then onto Carey's Bay. We went up past the cemetery coming out on Mount Street. From here it was the back road to Sawyer's Bay and along SH 88 to our cars. A walk of around 10km.
Sunday 19 October 2008On Friday night Craig suggested we do the Kelly's Canter (4km return) walk up to Puhetapi starting from the Palmereston Railway Station. We left at 2pm with mainly runners but a number of the participants finished up walking as it is a very steep walk. The first part was a steady climb but the last stretch to the Cairn was almost on knees to get up. Once at the top we had to come down the other side of the hill. It was equaly steep and I had to be carefully not to slip or fall. On two parts I had to crouch and slide down almost on my bottom. Once that section was over Craig and I were able to walk at a steady pacee to the finish. My time was 51:26 minutes. My goal was to do the walk in less than one hour. It took 29 minutes to get to the Cairn.
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