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This month we welcome 3 senior members: Annie Van Herck, Bryce Stapleton and Weimen Ren. Thank you to all those of you who have renewed your membership, renewals are now completed. Within the next few weeks, I will try to produce a Member’s Contact List from our club database. Therefore please check that your details … Read more
Well it’s hard to believe that Easter has gone for another year! But no problem, the next long weekend to look forward to will be Queens Birthday which isn’t very far away (6th June). In the meantime fill those winter evenings with a visit to club on a Wednesday evening. It’s a great chance to … Read more
Enclosed with this newsletter is the Winter trip schedule, which runs from May to the end of August. Thanks heaps to everyone who has offered to lead a trip, and also to those who have suggested road ends and come along to the planning night. And thanks to Richard Lardner who has stepped into the … Read more
The 64th AGM has been and gone. Thanks to the 2010-11 committee for their great work running the club and to those members who made the effort to attend. For those of you who missed the AGM I have your names and numbers. The highlight was Sue Walsh being made a life member. Sue is … Read more
One of the first things I did upon arriving in Wellington in May 2005 was join the Wellington Tramping club. Through the club not only have I seen some of the most spectacular places in New Zealand, and in doing so have dramatically increased my fitness, but I have also met some of my best … Read more
This is the last issue of the Mouth’n’Ear edited by me. I took over the position of Newsletter Editor from Alison Stevenson in October 2005. Alison, who took over from LeeAnn Newton, had a short run of 6 months. In my first issue (October 2005), Barbara Keenan had written about a visit to the Karori … Read more
As I write, we’re working on the winter trip schedule, with a planning meeting held at club last week. I’d like to thank the dozen people who turned up to enjoy some pizza and develop trips for each roadend. Using this kind of collaborative process is a great way to make sure that the schedule … Read more
With winter fast approaching we will soon be getting some use out of the snow chains that sit in both of the club vans. So you don’t spend 2 hours trying to fit these on a Friday night in the cold and dark road-side the club is running another Minivan Famil session kindly led by … Read more
The lodge is being underutilised during the winter months. To encourage greater usage we are looking for groups and or individuals who would like to register interest and commit to the following weeks: 31 July to 4 August 4 September to 8 September 25 September to 29 September 2 October to 6 October As you … Read more
With Aunty Rata I like to run, always have done. As a child growing up on a dairy farm characterised more by rolling hills than flat pastures us kids were supplementary cattle dogs albeit rather more obedient than the actual dogs. The reward for our athletic efforts was getting to sleep in the house rather … Read more