Well Butcher Me!

This is a brief post about my first (and potentially last) tramp with the Wellington Tramping Club. You see, I’d signed up for and ‘Easy/Medium’ walk and in my head (and others’ too) this meant a gentle walk for a few hours in some lovely NZ bush/countryside. This was not so. The first hour/hour and a half was up up up on a narrow path which was slick from all the rain and then once you got to the top (which was the only part that afforded any views) it was down down down in even muddier conditions through, under and over trees for what felt like an age. We made it to our destination (the Orongaronga River) after about 3.5/4 hours, sat and had lunch for 20 minutes and then headed back (thankfully on the other much nicer path) in about 1 hour. I didn’t manage to get many photos as the people at the front were marching along without stopping to appreciate the surroundings and so I felt obliged to keep up. Here are a few though.

Oh and I must also mention I went to a ceilidh that same night at the Gaelic Club in Newtown (just down the road from me). I wasn’t sure I’d be able to survive it after the walk but I’m glad I went as it was a good night with plenty of dancing and scottishness. Och aye.