Well we are now in June , so the past week has given us a taste of winter weather. For some of us that has meant low cloud and freezing temperatures. In some parts of the district that has meant hoar frost. For the Harrier club that has meant  half the club staying at home…

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Kings Birthday Saturday was a fine day with a bit of high cloud. Best laid plans and all that made last Saturday , came to nothing as the Council closed the area we were going to walk on Bridge Hill. There was also a conspicuous absence of walkers and runners in attendance , only about…

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I am sure there were a number of disappointed walkers when the Mount Aspiring tramp was cancelled  last Friday. DOC had strongly recommended that they cancel the trip ,after strong winds and heavy rain on Friday. This meant high water levels getting there and increased avalanche risk. The Matukituki river flow went from 50 cumecs…

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Saturday was a grey old day ,not as bad as the weather forecast would have us believe , but grey enough to keep many at home in front of the fire or heater. Regardless , there were still some mad keen walkers determined to walk out from Olrig to Ophir , with slippery muddy conditions…

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Saturday was another blue sky day for the harriers outing ,at least it was above the clouds. Yes we got our first touch of a cooler winter day with low cloud  at Omeo Gully. Numbers were down into the lower 30s this week , whether that was due to the weather or the venue I…

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Well ,it wasn’t a full bus load , but is was somewhere near 40 harriers who headed over to Arrowtown to partake of the autumn colours. We were probably about 2 weeks late to see the trees in their prime autumnal display, but it was still a fine day for a walk or run. About…

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Greetings all and one. Yet another fine day greeted the harriers for a walk /run in the Waikerikeri valley. Another outing of 40 something members car pooled out to the valley. The runners headed on up the ridge ,looping round to come to a paddock of clover , which they found was still very damp,…

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Well the local weather god delivered the harriers another fine autumn day, for a walk to Little Valley on Saturday. They managed to avoid the mountain bikers and hunters to all make it back. About a dozen members decided to walk out from town, heading up Poo valley and then on to the old water…

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Hello again. Email a little later this week, thought I should wait and see if any great pronouncements from the executive  team Central Otago delivered another fine autumn day for the Harriers to explore the Conroys dam area. About 10 members headed out in the morning, heading up to one tree hut ,before climbing  up…

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Greetings all ,the 2023 harrier season is now underway. Around 40ish folk turned up for a local outing on Saturday (that’s total numbers ,not average age ! ). After a warm welcome from club president Mike Kotkamp ,members headed out for a walk or run. The local weather god delivered a fine autumnal day for…

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