Oturehua

Oturehua

Well, we turned on a stunning autumnal day, blue skies and sunshine at Oturehua on Saturday after a frosty start to the morning. We had just one seat spare on the bus out, an older bus that struggled up over the Ophir hill, bringing back memories of old Billy the Bus.

Opening Day

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Greetings walkers and runners.

Sunshine greeted about 50 walkers and runners last Saturday to kick off the 2018 harrier season as they met at Centennial Park.

Most groups took in river tracks, some heading up the Clutha, whilst other groups took in the start of Doctors Point track and Graveyard Gully areas.

Peter Dymock lived up to his reputation, giving the W1s a good honest outing, out for just over two hours or so.

Nearly as bad as the faster runners, we thought maybe they had gone all the way to Roxburgh, but no, just to some gate out and back. Doctor Greg led former member Russell astray, although both of them should be old and wise enough to know better.

Meanwhile the slower running pack eased into the new season and, looking down at the footwear, it became apparent they had been supporting the local shoe shop.

All were back for afternoon tea pretty much on time, even if Merv left his container of sandwiches sitting on the kitchen bench. Guess what Merv had for breakfast, lunch and dinner on Sunday.

Final Outing

Final Outing

Saturday 14 October 2017 was a typical spring day, warm one minute, cool the next, couple of spots of rain, that then disappeared just as quickly as it appeared. It must have been the final Harrier outing for 2017 season then.

Alexandra Bowling Club

Alexandra Bowling Club

Well, we may be in Spring but winter wanted one last brush, with fresh snow on the mountains and a lazy southerly breeze for our outing last Saturday. This did not deter around 40 members turning up at the Alexandra Bowling Club for a local wander.

Conroys Gully

Conroys Gully

Well, it seems our local weather god is on a roll. Despite wet weather forecast earlier in the week, it turned out to be a cracker spring day, 18 degrees. Just about warm enough for a cool off in Conroys Dam after a walk or run in the area.