Bridal Path: Lyttleton side: Christchurch 360: 27th December 2019
On the path of the Canterbury pioneers.... This was my last tramp for 2019...a fitting final walk on the Port Hills from Heathcote Valley to Lyttleton using the Bridal Path. The historic Bridal Path was the track used by the early pioneer settlers to get from Lyttleton Harbor to their new home in Christchurch. Christchurch Gondola Terminal, Heathcote Valley Karen had three days off after Christmas Day so we were looking for something to get us outside walking after the excesses of Christmas Day. We rode the Gondola up to the terminus on Mt Cavendish and then walked down to Lyttleton on the Bridal Path. Really this is all training for our trip down to Stewart Island/Rakuria in late January when we are going to tramp the Rakuria Great Walk. View of Heathcote and the Canterbury Plains from the Gondola, Port Hills Port of Lyttleton and Banks Peninsula from the Bridal Path We were not alone on this tracks...many other people were taking the opportunity offered by the fine weather to get