Cathedral Rock via Andersons
Friday 4 July 2014
After parking outside the farm gate, where there was plenty of space, we walked up to the owners home to seek permission to do the walk through to Cathedral Rock. The previous day I had attempted to ring a number that I was given but must have copied it incorrectly, however the woman we met could not have more amenable and friendly and we were soon on our way along the farm track leading into the bush.
At the first junction there was a little uncertainty, but the GPS settled the matter. The ascent was very gentle and quite minimal and once an open sunny area was reached it seemed appropriate to stop for morning tea. What did come as a surprise was the amount of clearing that had been done all the way to the Cathedral Rock junction; it made for easy walking and some cutting had been done in the recent past. We did wonder who was maintaining the track and enquiries made next day revealed it to be the land owner with help of walking clubs.
We were fortunate with the weather being so nice to start with, although cloud moved in and a few very light spot of rain just as we approached Cathedral summit. However soon after arriving on top the sun was back out and it stayed that way for the remainder of the walk.
All up the walk was 5.25 km each way.
After parking outside the farm gate, where there was plenty of space, we walked up to the owners home to seek permission to do the walk through to Cathedral Rock. The previous day I had attempted to ring a number that I was given but must have copied it incorrectly, however the woman we met could not have more amenable and friendly and we were soon on our way along the farm track leading into the bush.
At the first junction there was a little uncertainty, but the GPS settled the matter. The ascent was very gentle and quite minimal and once an open sunny area was reached it seemed appropriate to stop for morning tea. What did come as a surprise was the amount of clearing that had been done all the way to the Cathedral Rock junction; it made for easy walking and some cutting had been done in the recent past. We did wonder who was maintaining the track and enquiries made next day revealed it to be the land owner with help of walking clubs.
View along Cathedral ridge to Montagu Thumbs
The walk to this point had been very pleasant, going from tall forest then on to the top of a dry ridge with some open areas and stretches of lower growing vegetation, including plenty of Bauera and tea tree. After the steep climb to Cathedral Rock we continued along the Thumbs ridge to a sunny and fairly sheltered rocky perch for lunch. This is quite a delightful ridge so returning the same way was good as was the whole walk back, with one minor exception. A slippery slope was reached that caught Pam unawares, then Peter was down in a flash followed by Neville and then Pam again; only Greg was able to keep upright. Soon after I got home I did notice a stiffness in the thigh, which I suspect was a result of the slip.We were fortunate with the weather being so nice to start with, although cloud moved in and a few very light spot of rain just as we approached Cathedral summit. However soon after arriving on top the sun was back out and it stayed that way for the remainder of the walk.
All up the walk was 5.25 km each way.
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