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We find a road to nowhere, and a hut camouflaged as a dump

February 23, 2020 by Di Reid Leave a Comment

Banner pic: A-Frame Hut… in a terrible state

East Tamaki Road, A-Frame Hut, Stanfield Hut, Ruahine FP, Saturday 22 February 2020

We arrived at the car park 8.40am to find it pleasantly cooler (17C) than Napier’s 23C the previous night.

In cloudy weather, we made a two-hour climb to A-Frame Hut. It was a pleasant walk in trees and bush, quite stony underfoot, but overall a good track. We were surprised to discover a farm road at the top, which apparently doesn’t lead anywhere.

Fiona and Di on the road to nowhere

A-Frame Hut is large, but it has become quite a dump. On the walls, there was a notice to say that locals were doing it up, along with a fair bit of graffiti: 1080 protests fighting for space with messages such as ‘God is the answer’!

The wind had got up and there was a small shower, so this was a good stop for morning tea.

We continued along the road for about 45 minutes, then the track went off and we began the steeper and more overgrown track down. As we descended, we could see Stanfield Hut by a stream, a long way down. The route was quite steep in places, with a nice variety of open views, bush and trees.

At Stanfield, with fellow travellers from Lower Hutt

At Stanfield, we lunched in the company of eight people from Lower Hutt Tramping Club. They were in for the night. A lovely group, and we shared stories, laughs and a good study of the local map.

As we left, the track got easier and easier; the grass was wide and long, but the weather turned to strong wind and rain. Serious rain came down in the last 45 minutes, with a strong side wind, and we got drenched! We all had dry top clothing but none of us had dry shorts. Poor Fiona’s car seats would have been very wet by the time we got back to Taradale at about 5.30pm.

Overall, a very pleasant day (but maybe not quite what we expected, with the ‘road’ at the top) and an easy walk back in the last hour.

Trampers: Fiona B, Shona T and reporter Di R

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We are a group of like-minded people who love the great outdoors. We tramp mostly in the Hawke’s Bay province, in remote areas such as the Kaweka and Ruahine Ranges; but we also travel longer distances to new places, for longer walks.

The Napier Tramping Club was established in 1974 and has about 70 members. We belong to the Federated Mountain Clubs of NZ Inc (FMC) and run Saturday, full-weekend and Wednesday tramps, every fortnight.

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