Cape to Cape Oct 11-18 2008
We were a group of 12 walkers, with Adrian as the leader, Di as cook. Alf driving and me lighting fires! Sue and Jane came from NSW. Jane was masquerading as a seasoned walker- then she confessed at the end (having set a new age record that I’m not allowed to mention) that she’d never done such a walk before! [Read more]
Walpole to Denmark, Oct 30- Nov 7, 2008
We were a large group this week- 15 walkers, Bob guiding, Alf driving, Di cooking, Pam and Steve on backup, and we even had Georgina and Nemeshia, Di and Alf’s daughter and grandaughter. So we spilled out from The Cove across the road to Osprey Cottage. 12 recidivists and only 3 “newies”- Mary and Helen, 2 sisters from Qld and Trish who was Denise’s sister. [Read more]
Walpole to Denmark 10-18 November, 2008
Another cosy group of nine, so once again I was driver and back up, along with Steve, and Gisela was leader. Bob Coops was to have led the trip, but his mother sadly died on the day we were to leave, so Gisela stood in at 2 hours notice. We had an unusually high number of men- 4- and the even more unusual combination of a father and son- the father being Rover, an octogenarian of considerable credentials! Rover had climbed mountains on several continents, hikes in NZ every year and only recently gave up skiing. Again, the trip comprised mostly recidivists, with Brian, Rover and Robin being the only first timers. [Read more]
Albany to Denmark 2008
We were a cosy group of just 9 plus Gisela plus me. Neal was our sole male representative and I have to say we were very pleased to have him. Only 3 were first timers with Inspiration Outdoors- Delys from Bremer Bay, her sister-in-law Nancy (tho Nancy and I knew one another many years ago), and Margot’s friend Julie. I was so thrilled to have Violet Ashford from the UK back for her third trip with me. And as I didn’t actually walk this trip, Violet has kindly written the following account…… [Read more]
Cape to Cape October 1-8 2008
Thanks to Dawn Green, the trip leader, for the following blog:
It was a day of firsts: the first day of October, the first day of the Cape to Cape track and the first time meeting our fellow hikers for the amazing journey we would share together. We were all eager to touch the Cape Naturaliste lighthouse which marked the commencement of the 135 kilometres of cliffs, beaches and forests that awaited us over the next seven days. A whale was spotted far off the coast within the first hour after leaving Cape Naturaliste as we hiked to Yallingup, which lifted our spirits and we would continually stop along the way, gazing out to sea in the hopes of spotting another in amongst the waves. Alas, it would not be until the very last day, at the end of our journey, where we would once again see whales frolicking in the ocean waters but that was not for lack of trying! More than once we tried to tell each other we had seen a whale, only to discover it was a cleverly disguised rock! Alf met us for lunch one day and also told tales of the whale watching he had done before we had arrived. It was a whale of a tale, I reckon. [Read more]
