February 26 Newsletter

Churton Park Community Walkers

Newsletter 26 February 2023

Friday Night “Drinkies

The coming Friday is the first Friday of the month and so “Friday Night Drinkies” are on. These are at the usual time (5:00pm) and at the usual place (Sprig and Fern, Tawa).

Group Trip to Somes Island Wednesday 1 March

Everyone is invited on this trip although we may have to limit numbers.

Details:

Reminder: Somes Island trip this Wednesday

East by West Ferry: Wgtn to Somes, dep. 9.15am, arr. 9.40am.

Return: dep. Somes 12.05pm, arr. Wgtn 12.30pm.

Adults $12.50, Gold Card holders free.

Transport: Please make your own transport arrangements to be at the ferry office around 8.45am.

Train departs Raroa Station 8.17am, arr Wgtn 8.38am. Parking in Raroa Park.

No.1 bus departs Melksham Drive at 7.45am with the usual stops through Churton Park, arr Wgtn 8.25am.

Bus 60e from Porirua has several stops along Middleton Road around 8.10am, arr. Wgtn 8.40am.

The return train to Raroa goes every 30 minutes, dep. Wgtn 1.02pm, 1.32pm. The No.1 bus dep. Wgtn Stn every 30 minutes, 1.06pm, 1.36pm.

Bring snacks and drink. Ensure food is in sealed containers.

Wednesdays forecast: fine, light northerlies.

Please click here if you are interested in coming along.

Here is a link to nformation about the Island.

Note the usual Wednesday walks will still be available.

Last Weeks Walks

The last minute change for the SS’s walk meant that their walk ended up a bit shorter than usual. This weeks will be longer. There was a good turnout for the Khandallah into Ngaio walks with 15 PP’s, 31 SS’s and 18 FF’s taking part; a grand total of 64 walkers. Thursday night’s weather was not very suitable for walking so the Thursday Night Explorers stayed home. On Friday, 15 of the Friday Walkers completed a flat walk taking in the banks of the Waikanae River with three others completing a slightly shorter walk in the same area.

This Weeks Walks

With a good number heading to Somes Island it seemed appropriate to limit ourselves to local walks. So a walk for each of the three groups have been sourced from our database of walks. They all start and finish at the Churton Park New World carpark.

PP’s: A 3.46km Valley loop taking in walkways, parks and footpaths. Some hills but not too steep. You can see the walk here.

SS’s: A 7.37km loop all on road. You can see the walk here.

FF’s: A 7.96km loop circumnavigating Churton Park. It does include some climbs. You can see the walk here.

Parking

At the south-eastern corner of the New World carpark or the nearby street.

Coffee

Back at Simmer. We have told Simmer that a good number of us will be calling in for a coffee.

Website

When you open the website to view your walk have a quick look at the “Home Page”. This usually has a new picture each week generally showing a view from one of our walks.

Cancellation

If the walks are cancelled an email will be sent out as early as possible but definitely before 8:00am.

Happy March Walking
Russell Paterson

Koha

Every week we leave a note about Koha in the newsletter. We have no idea what private sharing arrangements are in place regarding getting rides but we trust that those who don’t regularly bring cars do make up for it in some small way, be it buying a coffee for the driver or by making some small cash donation.

Walk Schedules

You can look at the walk schedule for the rest March here.

Photos

Below are some photos from the week before last. Walkers please try and take a photo of each group on walking days and email them to peter@jville.kiwi preferably small size (around 450kb).