Skyline walkway, Wellington
Combined walk with South Wairarapa TC, Sunday 14 September
Consultation of weather forecasts during the week led to running the trip
on Sunday to avoid gale westerlies, but with risk of chilliness as the air
flow turned to the south.
To minimise CO 2 emissions, avoid parking problems and eliminate the
need for a car shuttle, we used public transport from Upper Hutt.
From Karori West we walked up Makara Road to morning tea at the
shelter where the walk began. A brisk, cold southerly on the ridges failed
to deter many other walkers, runners and mountain bikers, out for their
weekly exercise fix.
Cloud restricted views, but we could see the harbour and city, the
Makara wind farm, and (just) the South Island. Ahead, the TV
transmission mast on Mt Kaukau grew slowly closer. A grassy
depression in the lee of the ridge made a sheltered lunch spot.
From Kaukau, rather than continuing to Johnsonville in the wind we
descended to Khandallah Park and its nearby café. Two swift train
journeys returned us to Upper Hutt.
Thanks to Nigel and Ross for car transport and to Karen for chocolate
chip cookies.
Ross Anderson, Nathan Ball, Nigel Boniface, John Rhodes, Karen
Serjeantson (guest) and Simona Savickait (visiting from Lithuania).
