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.  

Overnight and multiday tramps

•  We usually leave Saturday morning but where there is a long distance to travel a trip may leave on the Friday evening.
• Members must book in with the leader by the designated date
• The leader will arrange car pooling and meeting /pick up points. Depending on where they live, trampers may be picked up from their home or asked to meet at the drivers or another tramper’s home (where they can safely leave their car).
• As for a day tramp, the time of return to town is quite variable and may on occasion be quite late where long travel times are involved (average 5 -7pm).
• Each tramper brings all their own food though they may share cookers and food if they wish.
• Trampers may carry their own tent or share a two person tent with another tramper (the leader will usually help organise this).

Base Camps

•  A base camp is an overnight or multiday trip where we travel out of town to a “base” from which we do day walks.
• The base may be a hired lodge or batch, cabins or hostel accommodation or camping by the cars.
• The day tramps may consist of a mixture of different grades of tramps often selected to suit the trampers attending.
• Where they involve long distance travel they will usually leave on the Friday night.
• The leader will arrange car pooling as for a weekend tramp however trampers are free to travel separately if they wish leave early, carry on elsewhere afterwards etc.
• These are normally highly social events usually featuring a pot luck dinner on Saturday night or occasionally an evening meal at a local restaurant /pub.
•  Non-tramping partners are welcome to join us.

  Bike Rides

• Usually one bike ride is included in each newsletter’s group of trips (about 3 per year).
• Riders meet at the designated starting point with their own bike.