Circling a City: Journeys on the Christchurch 360 Trail

  A Sunday stroll on the Port Hills It was quite a nice day on Sunday so Karen and I decided to go for a walk. I was supposed to be walking the track from Godley Head to Taylors Mistake but instead we decided to go up the Gondola and walk back down the Bridal Path. Mt Cavendish from the Gondola car park, Heathcote Valley For those of you not from Christchurch  the Bridal Path  is an old settler track from Lyttelton Harbour to the Heathcote Valley on the Christchurch side of the Port Hills. Most of the settlers who arrived in Christchurch between the 1850's and 1900 would have used the path. It has real significance to Cantabrians... Riding the Gondola to the Summit Walkway The  Christchurch Gondola  goes from the bottom station at the head of the Heathcote Valley to the top of Mt Cavendish. Because it is at 500 odd meters it has excellent views of the whole of the Canterbury Plains as far north as Kaikoura, south to Timaru and Banks Peninsula. View of Castle Rock, Heathcote Valley,