Anne de Ferron

Summer Trip Schedule Leaders Thank you to all who came along to the trip planning night. We had towards twenty people there which is great to see. More importantly the pizza went quickly. We now have a well designed trip schedule with some great ideas for trips on it. The only thing missing is we … Read more

Trip Planning I sit here writing this at home whilst the hail is falling outside looking at the title of summer is coming and begin to doubt myself! Luckily the calendar reassures me that the warmer months are on their way and I put on my optimistic chief guide hat and envisage perfect tramping weather. … Read more

Volunteering A few weekends ago I was signed up to go and empty some stoat traps in the Ruahines on a trip led by Illona Keenan. Unfortunately there was too much snow on the access road and the trip has now been postponed to September. The trapping of stoats was targeted to an area of … Read more

New Trip Schedule The new trip schedule is out! I would like to thank Debbie our assistant chief guide who organized the trip planning sessions whilst I was away on holiday. Printable version of the trip schedule here: https://wtmc.org.nz/sites/default/files/schedule-2014-spring.pdf The schedule is full of some great trips so please take advantage of Debbie’s good work by signing up … Read more

Spring Schedule Trip Planning The spring schedule trip planning night is on the 2nd July at 6pm at the TTC hall. All are welcome and your attendance is encouraged further by the provision of FREE pizza. Please do not believe that you have to have oodles of tramps under your belt to come to trip … Read more

Where the Wild Things are – Xmas trip planning Christmas is a great time of the year. There are presents, parties and a large amount of time off work. (Joy to all men as well. This is a sexist saying so Joy to all people but I digress…….) For some people this time off work … Read more

Help with the cost of Training Courses The committee recently agreed to help members with the cost of training for tramping activities. The club will pay 50% of course fees for a training course which up-skills members of the club. The club expects members to use the knowledge from the course in club activities. The Committee … Read more

Update: Winter 2014 Schedule is out! –  https://wtmc.org.nz/trip-schedule New Trip Schedule The new trip schedule will come out on the 30th March. All that remains to be seen is what colour Megan will choose for it this time! A big thank you to all who took part in trip planning night and who have signed … Read more

New members After a very well attended New Members night (well done David H and Mike G in particular) we will see a lot of new faces both on the tramp and also on trips over the next month. As long / short time members of the club we all have a responsibility to make … Read more

Normally I have a good idea what I need to put in this article but this time I don’t have any burning issue to raise. That is good from a club perspective but not so good from me having to fill the space! I hope everybody had a good Christmas and managed to dodge enough … Read more