Churton Park Community Walkers

Newsletter 21 January 2024

Hi everyone – except for the Wednesday Pleasure Pacers, each of our regular groups completed a walk this past week.  On Wednesday a group of 13 walkers, being a mix of steady steppers and fast footers, undertook a walk along the Stebbings Valley track in Churton Park – with eight walkers completing an extended walk.  Then on Thursday we had nine walkers venturing around Newlands.  On Friday 16 walkers set out to complete a 12.5kms walk along the Cheviot road track in Lowry Bay.

As we mentioned last week, the first pre-planned walks for 2024 are on Wednesday 24 January with walks around Kenepuru – details and maps appear later in this Newsletter..

Brian Vincent.

Convenor.

Can each group please try and take at least one photo during their walk for inclusion in the next newsletter.  Send photos to this link.

Christmas 2023 function photos

Photos are available here.  Thanks to Brian Alderson and Mike Drain.

Click on any photo to enlarge, then use side arrows to scroll.

Reminder

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

This Week's Walks (Wednesday 24 January)

Welcome to a new walking year to all walkers.  We start the scheduled 2024 walks for Wednesdays with three walks in the Kenepuru area.  

PP’s:  A 4.75km loop that uses tracks and footpaths and is generally a flat walk.  

You can see the walk https://nz.mapometer.com/walking/route_5492240 here.

SS’s:  A 6.26km loop on tracks and footpaths with a little bit of uphill here and there. 

You can see the walk https://nz.mapometer.com/walking/route_5492238 here.

FF’s: A 8.52km loop walk using a mixture of tracks and footpaths.  

You can see the walk https://nz.mapometer.com/walking/route_5492239 here.

Parking: Parking for all three groups is on the relatively large parking area just off Gee Street, Linden.

Coffee: Nothing booked but there is Gloria Jeans that a good number of us have gone back to in the past.  Gloria Jeans is within The Outlet Centre on Tawa’s Main Road.  There also is Simmer back at Churton park.

Enjoy your walks

Russell Paterson

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 January 2024 here. 

Photos

Walkers please try and take a photo of each group on walking days and email them to this link.

Preferably small size (around 450kb).

CPCW Photos
Wednesday walkers out and about in Churton Park. (Thanks Brian V)
Thursday walkers exploring Newlands in the region of the Peter Gilberd Reserve. (Thanks Hue)
A selection of Friday's walkers on the Eastern Hills between Lowry Bay & Wainuiomata. (Thanks to Clint & Hue)

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