Day Tramps

• Day tramps are usually run on a Sunday with the occasional Saturday tramp.
• The leaders ask trampers to contact them by the Friday before (for a Sunday tramp). This allows leaders to contact you if bad weather requires a change or cancellation to the tramp. Trampers can also just turn up at the meeting point at the designated time however they won't know if the tramp has been changed or cancelled.
• Meeting points are on the outskirts of town in the direction of travel (commonly Yaldhurst, Templeton, Halswell, Belfast or base of the port hills) and most often 8 or 8.30am (occassionally earlier for long tramps or travel times).
• Car pooling is arranged at the meeting point with petrol money paid to the driver.
• Time of return is most often between 4.30 and 6.30 pm but is quite variable as it is dependent on the length of the tramp, the distance to travel, the speed of the trampers on the day and the amount of time spent at the all important après tramp coffee/ice cream stop.