Club Night June 2016

Walking clears the mind and is good exercise. When this is done away from the busy town life, you get to leave it all behind and enjoy the company of like minded people. The walks that we go on are not that strenuous and we have plenty of destinations to cater for all fitness levels. Recently the Wednesday Walkers walked along Moeraki beach, climbed Elephant Hill which incidentally, still looks like an elephant. Also Timaru Walkway, Kuriheka and Boundary Creek. The NOTMC tramped Kakanui Peak which featured relics from ski field days of the 1950’s. A few braved a cold Sunday to bike ride to Windsor. Queen’s Birthday was spent tramping the Hollyford Track in perfect weather conditions with birdlife, seals and a helicopter ride to Milford Sound for rewards. Our Guest Speaker for the evening was Ian Sutherland, who provided lively tales of cycling trails in NZ and overseas. He has biked extensively in the North Otago hill country, plus the Manapouri Pylon Road, Skippers, Heaphy and several North Island tracks have felt the tread of Ian’s bike too. Germany’s Moselle Valley allowed Ian and his friends to bike during the day while enjoying a Barge boat ride along the Rhine in the evening. He has biked in the Burgundy Valley, France and an Amsterdam Bike Tour. A week long bike ride near Lake Tahoe, California was a warm up for another ride in Colorado where ski runs were used as tracks, without the snow!