Churton Park Community Walkers
Newsletter 8th June 2025
Last week:
A massive 'thank you' to Jane for organising the CPR course on Wednesday. Thirty people attended and the overwhelming feeling at the end of the session from people who had done the course before was that their knowledge had been refreshed and their confidence boosted. For others, like me, who had not done a CPR course before, we left with the confidence and knowledge needed to help in a crisis if we were needed. A surprising outcome of the morning was the suggestion by one attendee that male walkers should prepare before each walk by shaving their chests in order to cut down the preparation time before applying defibrillator pads. She has offered to get to walks early, organise the line-up of males and do the inspection.
The Thursday evening walkers were back to full strength this week walking the streets of Newlands. On Friday I took the opportunity to join the morning edition of 'The Chase' at Battle Hill. Disappointingly, it ended with me having to announce that 'The Chase is over - you have not been caught' (and in fact by quite a margin). (Ed: David does himself a disservice - he was up with the GBK clique who are always setting the pace and, frustratingly, doing so effortlessly!!)
Friday drinks saw record numbers again (37) at the Johnsonville Club on what was not the best of nights for venturing out. Thanks to Rowena for organising this once again. We look forward to the Johnsonville Club hosting us on the first Friday of the month for the rest of the year.
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 Frankmore 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.
Walk Details for Wednesday 11th June:
This Week's Walks: The windy and wet weather meant no walks last Wednesday. This week's walks are out in, hopefully, sunny Whitby. These are variations of past walks in Whitby and have been prepared by Andy Dunne. (Thankyou, Andy). These walks are to start at 9:20am from the designated starting point
PPs: A 4.01km loop walk on streets and walkways. Nothing too steep. You can see the walk here.
SSs: A 6.47km loop walk on streets and walkways with one reasonable climb about 1.5km in. You can see the walk here.
FFs: An 8.34km loop walk on streets, tracks and walkways and including 2 or 3 good climbs. You can see the walk on Mapometer here and on Plotaroute here.
Parking: Parking for all three groups is in the Adventure Park car parking area which is off Discovery Drive opposite the Whitby Shopping Area. (Our usual Whitby Parking)
Coffee: We have informed Columbus Coffee in Mitre 10 Mega, Porirua, that a good number of us will be arriving for coffee etc.
Happy walking.
Russell Paterson
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Gold Coin Walks
Occasionally one of the walking group has needed the services of Wellington Free Ambulance and it has been suggested that we make a donation to support them. Before the walk on Wednesday 18 June we will be passing the hat around for any gold coin you might like to contribute. If this is successful we will repeat it at Christmas.
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CPCW Calendar of Events
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Wednesday 18th June
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Gold Coin Fundraiser for Wellington Free Ambulance
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Saturday 19th July
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CPCW Anniversary Dinner
Johnsonville Bowling Club
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Wednesday 5th November -
Sunday 9th November
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CPCW Away Walk - Methven
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Wednesday 3rd December
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Christmas Lunch @ The Pines
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CPCW Photos
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Wednesday walks were abandoned due to weather, but the Thursday crew headed out in Newlands. Thanks to Duncan McMillan and Hue Ng for their photos - almost identical, apart from the stars of the photos!
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The photos for the Thurday walk one week earlier arrived a little late for inclusion in last week's newsletter. But the very hardy walkers out that night were keen to prove that they did, in fact, go out on that wet evening. Thanks to Duncan McMillan for bravely removing his phone from the safety of his pocket! I think I would have been worried if I was managing Churton Park New World that night and I came across the two characters in the first photo - they don't look to be up to much good!!
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Despite a dodgy forecast, Friday walkers enjoyed a pleasant morning "strolling" across the dales and paddocks of Battle Hill on a walk plotted by Clint Davis. With the deforestation progressing on the other side of Transmission Gully, walks at Battle Hill are restricted in range, but Clint did a brilliant job of plotting a 12km walk on the west side of the highway and including ascents totaling 440m. Some of them felt a lot more!!
Photos were taken by John Houghton, Clint Davis and Bill Gaudie.
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Home Page: Don't forget to take a quick look at the “Home Page” for more photos.
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Walk Schedules: You can look at the walk schedule for June 2025 here.
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Reminder: Please ensure that you inform your group’s leader if you leave a walk partway through.
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Cancellations: If the walks are cancelled an email will be sent out as early as possible but definitely before 8:00am.
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Just for Fun
Reminder
Please ensure that you inform your group’s leader if you leave a walk partway through.
Cancellations
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 May 2025 here.
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