Churton Park Community Walkers

Newsletter 15 October 2023

Last Weeks Walks

Once again the weather was kind and all three walks went ahead as scheduled.  On Wednesday 57 walkers (14PP, 25SS & 18FF) were out and about in Plimmerton.  On Thursday evening 7 walkers took to the streets and tracks in Churton Park.  The Friday walkers were in Upper Hutt where 21 walkers went into the hills above Totara Park, into the Akatarawa Forest Park and on the Birchville Dam.

Tasmania Trip March 2025

Planning is underway for a CPCW Trip to Tasmania for 9 nights in March 2025.   An information meeting will be held on Thursday 26 October, 2pm at the Collective Community Hub, 33 Johnsonville Road, Johnsonville (this is not the community centre).   Please RSVP to David.Pegram.nz@gmail.com if you are going to attend the meeting and/or would like an information sheet.

North Island trip in November 2024

In addition to the Tasmania trip there will be a North Island trip in November 2024.

Enjoy your walks
David Pegram

Reminder

Please ensure that you inform your group’s leader if you leave a walk partway through.

This Weeks Walks (Wednesday 18 October)

The three walks this week are based in Johnsonville.  The walks are all new walks but maybe similar to ones carried out in the past.  We still can’t access our database of previous walks as NZmapometer is still down for maintenance.  Because of this we have had to prepare the walks in “PlotaRoute" and the links in the newsletter will take you to the maps on “PlotaRoute”.  For those who use the GPX files, these can also be found using the same Plotaroute link.

PP’s: A 4.0km walk that takes in the streets of Johnsonville.  There are some minor hills but is a much gentler walk than you would get taking a walk around the streets of Churton Park!   You can see the walk here.

SS’s: A 5.3km loop heading into the foothills of Mt Kaukau and returning via tracks and streets back to the carpark.  You can see the walk here.

FF’s: A 6.5km loop walk that also heads into the foothills of Mt Kaukau using both the tracks and the roads.  You can see the walk here.

Enjoy your walks
Russell Paterson

Parking

The Alex Moore Park carpark has plenty of spaces for all the walkers vehicles and can be accessed off Bannister Avenue.

Coffee

We will have told Simmer that a good number of us will be calling for coffee.  They generally reserve an area for us outside so keep your jacket with you. 

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.

Walk Schedules

You can look at the walk schedule for the rest of October here. 

Photos

Below here are the photos from last week.  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).

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