Carrington Ridge 13-14.06.2020 Post-lockdown, I put an 'easy 5hr days overnight loop' on Meetup and to my delight a bunch of familiar faces and a lovely new one come along - Mike, Nik and Marco. We get rolling from Wellington around 7am and head over to the Wairarapa to enjoy some winter tramping. Marco is... Continue Reading →
Tramping: Totara Flats
With my mate R we took a car-swap tramp out to Totara Flats Hut, organised via the Meetup Wellington Tramping Group. R's party of four came from Holdsworth Roadend, and mine came from Waiohine. I have shown my groups timing in my photo, but we were bloody casual about our pace. Stopping for rests, views,... Continue Reading →
Tramping: Powell and Sayers via Carrington Ridge and the Mangatarere Valley
It's a forest reminiscent of 1940's Europe: the ground is churned mud, pocked with thousands of holes. The culprit is not mortars but a different entrenched enemy, pigs. We're heading up the less traveled Carrington Ridge to join the popular Holdsworth Track and it's a place more hunters should really come and do their thing. Our trio sets off at 10am.... Continue Reading →