Circling a City: Journeys on the Christchurch 360 Trail

 My main Christchurch 360 Trail Pack Today I will be looking at the main pack I use when I am walking the more remote sections of the Christchurch 360 Trail. My main day walk pack is the Vaude Brenta 40l pack.  My Vaude Brenta 40l on the Brooklands Lagoon Walkway Let's have a look at some of its features... Vaude Brenta 40l:  Used for: Walking/Trampin on day trips, lite overnight trips: I am a big fan of Vaude products and I currently own three Vaude backpacks ranging in size from 40 liters to 65+10 liters. Vaude is a well regarded German outdoor equipment manufacturer and their tents, sleeping bags and packs are some of the best in the world.  I also own a Vaude Astra 65+10 pack.... ...and a Vaude Brenta 50l pack... I have one of their lighter backpacks which I use for short overnight trips and as my day tramping bag. This is the Brenta 40l pack and it has all of the features of its bigger 65 and 75 liter cousins. It is really a bit big for day trips unless I need to haul a lot of

  Walking on the Port Hills to Godley Head... I was working on a bit of fitness walking for my upcoming tramp of the Paparoa Track so I decided to go and walk one of the sections of the Christchurch 360 Track that I had yet to finish. I have been working on this project for awhile now and only have two sections left to walk...from Godley Head to Sumner and the section from Spencer Park to Brooklands.  The Pilgrim Way Coastal Track starts at Taylors Mistake The section I walked was the Pilgrims Way Coastal Track..a high quality track from Taylors Mistake to Godley Heads on the Port Hills. It is a great wee track and I will be back to walk parts of it again in the near future.  View of Pegasus Bay from the Pilgrim Way Coast Track WWII defense positions on Godley Heads This time around I walked up to the defense installations on Godley Head and then followed the MTB track back to the Godley Heads Loop Track to make a circuit. It was busy on the main track with hundreds of people making th