Cable Bay Walkway, Nelson, 9 July 2023

It had rained all day on the Saturday, but that didn’t put off the 7 members and two visitors who met at the squash club in Nelson. Under low cloud and temperatures, we set off up Airlie St and as the climb steepened the layers of clothing came off. By...

Cable Bay walkway, Nelson, 4 Dec 2022

Stunning weather for a beach walk Debbie and I reconnoitred the route 10 days earlier. I thought the August rainstorm might have affected the landscape, and that proved to be the case. Shingle that had washed down the slopes onto the beach had been...

Champion Mine Circuit, Roding River Reserve 9 Oct 2021

Add text and images here After a Saturday sleep-in six of us met at the Richmond car park at 9 am and thence a short drive to the top of Aniseed Valley. A feature of the day was to be several river crossings, and the rivers, although clear and...

Brook Waimarama Sanctuary to Third House, Nelson, 4 Jul 2021

18 trampers gathered in the frost at the entrance to Brook Waimarama Sanctuary at 9am for a walk through the Sanctuary to Third House. A little encouragement at the start and the majority of trampers obliged my request to carry up some tracking tunnels...

Barnicoat Range Traverse, Nelson, 7 Jun 2021

Queen's Birthday arrived. The main club trip had been cancelled due to a dodgy forecast, which we ignored. Grant and Ray organised a car shuttle, and collected various folks in the CRV. We had a briefing at the Brook Sanctuary, where three of us...