Churton Park Community Walkers

Newsletter 29th June 2025

Last week:

It was a disappointing score this week for the home crowd, especially for the supporters who turned out in the rain on Wednesday: CPCW 0 - Weather 3. There is a rematch next week when we hope to reverse the score. Drinks this Friday, 5pm at the Johnsonville Club, will include the accommodation draw for those going to Somes Island in January.  Excitement is already building to see who draws the Honeymoon Suite at the Caretaker's Cottage. 

David Pegram
Convenor

 CPCW 12th Anniversary Dinner      

The 12th CPCW Anniversary Dinner will be held on Saturday July 19th 2025, 6.00pm at Johnsonville Bowling Club, 34 Frankmoore Avenue, Johnsonville.

Catering will be by Dunsheas Deli of Khandallah.  Drinks can be purchased from the bar.  Please bring cash for the raffle. The proceeds from the raffle are our only income for the year and offset the running costs of the walking group.

The cost of the dinner is $45 per person.  Please make payment to, CPCW BNZ A/C:  02-0524-0233091-000. (This bank account number changed two years ago - if you have CPCW Bank Details saved please ensure it is the current account number.)

Payment is due by Saturday 5th July, but payment asap would be helpful for organisational purposes.  Numbers are growing, so get in early to ensure your seat at a table!

Walk Details for Wednesday 2nd July 2025 

This Week's Walks:  School holidays have started and for the next two Wednesdays we have assumed that traffic will be lighter and that we can head across town and arrive at the start line without major problems.  So this week we are trying out a new area with all three walks starting at the Tanera Park carpark in Brooklyn.  There are plenty of carparks which support the two football fields that are used in winter. The carparks are a little bit isolated and, whilst we do not see that this will be a problem, please make sure your vehicle is locked with no valuables on view.  Access to the carpark area is easy if you use the following route:  “Head up Brooklyn Road and at the first intersection on the right turn down into Ohiro Road.  Then head down the hill and veer left into Tanera Road about 150m down the hill but stay parallel and close to Ohiro Road and you will end up at the carpark beside the two football fields.  If you veer left a second time you will miss the entrance to the parking area.”  A map of the route to the parking area is shown here.

These walks will start at 9:20am from the designated starting point which is Tanera Park carpark.

PPs:  A 3.78km loop walk including a leg out and back from the loop.  We have tried to avoid having to cross any major road apart from where the crossings are at traffic lights.  The walk takes in Brooklyn’s War memorial.  You can see the walk here.

SSs:  A 4.28km loop walk mainly on streets.  The walk may be a bit shorter than usual but this is made up with some reasonable rises.  The walk takes in Brooklyn’s War memorial.  You can see the walk here.

FFs:  A 6.69km figure eight loop walk mainly keeping to streets with muddy wet tracks avoided, as are the crossing of busy streets apart from where these are supported by traffic lights.  You can see the walk on Mapometer here and on Plotaroute here.

Parking:  Parking for all three groups is in the Tanera Park carpark. See the directions and map that are set out above.

Coffee:  As there are no local coffee bars that can take our numbers we have not made any reservations.  Coffee will be walker's choice with Simmer and Thyme always an option back at home.  There are also about three cafes in Brooklyn if walkers want to try the local brew.

Happy walking.

Russell Paterson

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