Tag: Walks
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Heathcote Towpath Walk
This is the walkway that runs along Ferry Road and the Heathcote River at Ferrymead. As you can see it has some rather large cracks in it thanks to our series of earthquakes. There is a sign up saying the track is closed, but I see plenty of people are still walking and cycling through…
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Spencer Beach Walk
This afternoon we went for a walk that starts by the Spencer beach surf life saving club and winds its way through sand dunes, pine trees and open areas to end up at the Waimakariri river mouth. It’s about 5km both ways.
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Bridle Path Track Closed
I both love and despise the Bridle Path track – it’s steep and difficult in places and you have to watch your footing and wear good boots or sneakers or you’re likely to slip down it instead. It’s tough going for all but the fittest of people. Thanks to all of our earthquakes, the track…
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Packhorse Hut Walk and Views, Gebbies Pass
This is the historic Packhorse hut, which my partner and I walked to this afternoon. It took us about 2 hours to get up to the top. It’s quite steep in places, but is generally a slow gradual climb. If you are not stopping to take photos all the time you could probably do it…
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Scotts Track, to Heathcote Quarry, to Major Hornbrook to Gondola to Bridle Path
The track up to Major Hornbrook (just to the left) Tonight my friend Emma and I went on a 3.5 hour walk in the Port Hills (one of our favourite routes). As you can tell from this photo it was a lovely evening for it (well it started off that way!). We struck wind at…