Southern Walkway Day Trip

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Question - How is it possible for a trip leader to "mislaysa 8 members of her party of 33? : Answer - Very Easilya Especially when 5.at the tail end get way-laid at Buckicy Roadrand invited to morning tea. and sconesi by one of the day trampers unable to do the tramp but eager to contribute to fuelling the participants. Unfortunately, the other 28 trip members were too far ahead to know they had missed those scones. One frantic Karin decided to abandon the 5 to their fate to muster the rest; srying to do a Footrot Dog act of T. hi racing up and down the line through the tricky part of the 13 tramp. But ONCE AGAIN, Karin was in the WRONG place at: aa the right time; when 3 Mature Ladies took a wrong turn; fh and thèn there were 251, : With the remnants of the party safely installed at :r the lunch stop at 4 Crawford Road, Karin belted back around pathways looking for the 3 M.L.'s. No luck. A search car : was despatched from 4 Cravford Road. No luck. An exhausted Karin finally collapsed into a deck chair and downed cups of tea and sandwiches to calm her nerves. sis i After lunch the party proceeded through Hataitai V r :: Park and stumbled across the 5 Scone Scoffers (unrepentant, and with NO DOGGY BAG of warm scones),now busily scoffing lunch! At the last stage of hefore the descent into : I Oriental Bay, Karin did another head count and found the 5 s.s.'s were MISLAID AGATIT! - no doubt bogged down by the scones. Back at. the cars Karin found the 3 M.L.'s waiting. They had followed the reservoir road, then slithered down a bank and onto Crawford Road where Enterprising Eth had a friend. There they lunched. The 5:S.S.'s arrived shortly after, at Oriental Bay. Karin has now developed a nervous twitch and was : last seen wandering about - counting pedestrians.