Feb 25 2021
No. 20 on old hardcopy list of 113 club tramps. “Powder Ridge – Long Ridge. J Roy. Year Round.” No. 45 on old hardcopy list of 113 club tramps. “Chalkies Return Long Ridge D Jenkins Year Round” Location: 7.5 km. Click Silver Peaks Forest for background information on the nearby area. DCC land. Powder Ridge […]
Feb 24 2021
Distance from car-park: 20 km. 7. 24/2/2021. Hikers. Chingford Park. Leaders John and Dave Roberts On a balmy overcast Dunedin morning, 23 hikers met at the Dunedin Botanic Garden top car park. From here we walked across Lovelock Ave onto the serene Lovelock Bush Track (where wild deer used to graze 130 years ago. The […]
Feb 12 2021
Bus to Beaumont. Drive up Manuka Ridge to locked gate. Short climb to top. Road along top. Locked gate to Microwave 1.5K;M/W to trig 3K. Track down ridge. NB. AT TRIG ON SMALL HILL, TURN SHARP LEFT AND STEEP CLIMB TO AND PAST TRIG. then farm land to Crookston. Track to bus pick-up at Crookston 6K Total 16K. Seek permissions. […]
Feb 11 2021
2. 7/02/21. Racemans. Hikers Leaders Jenny Finnerty and Bob Heenan I went to pickup my friend (who will remain nameless)and she was still in her night attire and quite obviously not coming! My thoughts went to a plan B hike because of the inclement weather but by the time I arrived at the car park […]