Leader: Owen Cox
Four of us did the walk. The weather looked threatening most of the day but the deluge of rain didn't happen. A few spots and some drizzle while we had lunch at the hut. There was more mud than I remember from our last trip up a while back.
Leader: Owen Cox
This was planned as an easy trip with camping and days walks.
Leader: Owen Cox
There were 16 of us on the trip. While is was grey and misty there was little wind and it was not cold.
Leader: Susan Robertson
Somebody in our group had a direct line to the weather gods. I had asked for somebody to speak to those invisible powers and arrange for three days of sunshine, light winds and temperatures of around 18 to 20 degrees - and that was almost exactly what we had. (Could this person please arrange the same weather for the Nelson Lakes trip in November?).
Leader: Dave Cox
Many of us mapped out new and interesting walking routes in our own neighbourhoods during the pandemic Lockdowns of 2020 and 2021. Wayne Williams explored Bothamley Park - a hidden gem in Porirua near Canon's Creek - and the various trails linking it to Ascot Park, Waitangirua and Aotea - and then suggested this area for a Club day trip. This was a great suggestion.
Leader: Owen Cox
We held this trip over from the lock-down and rescheduled it at short notice. The long range weather forecast was for poor weather until the weekend, when it looked to be tolerable. In the event, it was better than tolerable; there was virtually no wind, blue sky for much of the day and only cloud above us for the rest.
Leader: Owen Cox
With the move to Level 2 we could go a bit further than in the last few weeks. So despite the short notice from lockdown and a change in leader, three of us thought it would be nice to bike somewhere other than QE2 Park or the Waikanae River bank so we did the scheduled trip.
Leader: Owen Cox
We had an interesting weather forecast for the trip. Rain before the weekend and on Friday night. As a result we headed in Saturday morning to avoid walking up to Rangiwahia Hut in the dark with heavy rain.
