This Week's Walks: It was mentioned by one of the SSs that they would like to walk from Crofton Station to town and catch the train back again. So this is what we have planned for walkers for this week's walks with variations for the PPs and FFs. Unfortunately, the walks require three different parking areas - one for each of the three groups. The walks are to start at 9:20am at the various starting points - please read the instructions carefully. Bring your Gold Card or, for the younger set, your Snapper Card.
The Walks:
PPs: A 4.0km walk. The starting point and parking is in Agra Crescent (Khandallah) between Cashmere Avenue and Lochiel Road. From here the walk is generally flat to Crofton Downs Station with the return on a train to either Boxhill or Khandallah Stations. There is a coffee cart at this station that could enliven the wait if your timing is unfavourable. You can see the walk here.
SSs: A 5.12km walk. The starting point and the parking is in Chartwell Drive on the street alongside the Chartwell School fence. From there the walk to Wellington Station is generally downhill but there is one reasonable climb. The walk ends at Wellington Station where “Trax Bar and Café” offers good coffee in a pleasant and roomy setting. Then, of course, you can catch the train back to Crofton Station. You can see the walk here.
FFs: A 7.93km walk. The starting point and parking is at Nairnville Park carpark. The first part of the walk is short - just getting from the cars to Simla Station. The train is then caught to Wellington Station and the real part of the walk starts from there and heads back to Simla Station via a route that passes the café in Crofton Downs or could be varied to pass the café in Ngaio. You can see the walk on Mapometer here and on Plotaroute here.
Parking: Parking for all three groups is noted with the walk details.
Coffee: The various options are also covered in the walk details.
Russell Paterson
Our Sponsors:
We have several sponsors which we list on our Home Page and in our Newsletter. In recognition of the generosity of our sponsors, the committee wish to highlight a sponsor each week in our newsletter.
This week we have chosen Simmer Café as our featured sponsor:
Simmer have been providing food and drink to CPCW for many years. They readily accommodate our group for “after walk” refreshments. Simmer have supported CPCW for some time and we appreciate their ongoing support of our group.
Simmer Café, 105 Westchester Drive, Churton Park
Phone: 04 478 5224
Hours: Mon – Thurs: 7.00am to 4.00pm
Fri: 7.00am to 8.30pm Note that Simmer are now open for an evening meal on Friday.
Sat/Sun: 9.00am to 4.00pm
Reminder
Please ensure that you inform your group’s leader if you leave a walk partway through.
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 February 2025 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
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Sadly, the Wednesday walks were cancelled this week due to the weather.
However, Thursday's walkers were out and about on the tracks of Redwood Bush. Thanks to Gillian Mills, once again, for providing this photo of the group:
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Friday walkers were led by Brian Alderson on a walk of 12.5km from the carpark towards the end of the Wainuiomata Coast road and up to Baring Head Lighthouse. These first three photos were taken by Pauline Moore who walked with the early group which, at one point, crossed paths with the later group:
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The following photos were taken by Russell Paterson and Gay Hoffman from the later group:
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