Sunday 23rd June 2013
Most of the E2E-1 group stayed at Melrose and could hear constant rain throughout the night. The news reported Melrose had about 130mm overnight. It also rained a lot more during the day.
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| Robert Alcock captured this photo of the Melrose swing bridge after the overnight rain |
A gloomy start to the day - the walk briefing at the Horrocks Memorial was shrouded in fog.
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| Photo by Mary Cartland |
Neville Haar kept Morris Minus dry and ready to be handed over in good condition.
The coveted Morris Minus award went to Jim Dunning for his meritorious damming of the creek and other bridge building work at creek crossings on Saturday.
Not long after the start, it became apparent the rain was not going away.
But even so, the rain brought out some colour highlights in this beautiful tree.
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| Photo by Robert Alcock |
To keep with this weekend's theme of 'Rituals', Dean Mortimer had a picture of the winter solstice at Stonehenge as his flag for the day.
This is one creek we did not ford - we took the bridge over this one.
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| Photo - Robert Alcock |
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| Photo - Robert Alcock |
Morning tea was on the side of a hill overlooking a valley, and the sun even came out briefly.
Lined up for the stile, the ground around was sodden.
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| Photo by Mary Cartland |
We crossed lots of creeks, some flowing quite fast and anywhere from ankle to mid-calf deep. Robert Alcock captured the Stony Creek crossings with these images of the action.
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| Photo by Robert Alcock |
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| Photo by Robert Alcock |
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| Photo by Robert Alcock |
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| Photo by Robert Alcock |
A great shot of our gallant mob. Thanks Robert.
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| Photo by Robert Alcock |
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| Photo by Robert Alcock |
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| Photo by Robert Alcock |
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| Photo by Robert Alcock |
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| Photo by Robert Alcock |
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| Photo by Robert Alcock |
The long climb up Lavender Hill started in the rain and provided some eerie effects.
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| At the bottom of Lavender Hill - photo by Robert Alcock |
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| Walkers ahead in the mist - photo by Robert Alcock |
Mary Cartland captured the Lavender Hill climb perfectly with these images:
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| Photo by Mary Cartland |
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| Photo by Mary Cartland |
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| Photo by Mary Cartland |
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| Photo by Mary Cartland |
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| Photo by Mary Cartland |
No lunch stop today because it was a relatively short walk, and in the very wet conditions, we decided to walk through. The distance walked today was 15.8km.
No fire to warm ourselves at the end of this walk, but the bus was still a welcome sight at the end of another wet day.
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