Neika to St. Crispins Well 2020

I wasn't able to attend this walk, but Peter took photos and gave me a description of the day.

We had a good walk on Tuesday even though there was a bit of early morning discussion between Ron and myself about the possibility of rain.

Anyway we decided to walk and were joined by seven others.

We left from the car park at Neika and after walking a short way along the Pipeline Track the mountain mist descended and it it started to sprinkle.

The light rain was intermittent while we walked to the turn-off to St Crispins Well where we found that the track was closed for repairs so we walk a little further on to where the Plain  River crosses the Track.

We returned to the hut for lunch before returning to the cars.

A pleasant easy walk after the two epics of the previous weeks.

There was 9 walkers and covered 10.6 km according to my phone over 3.5 hours.

Starting at Neika

The mountain mist lowers

Creek flowing away from the track

Starting to rain

More mist

A view across the old pipeline in the foreground

A nice fern glade

Mist thickens

St. Crispins Well hut in the mist

Inspecting Plain River

Looking up Plain River

Returning to the cars

Snow Berry (Gaultheria hispida)

They all disappear in the mist while I'm photographing

Amazing how fast they can move when you stop to take a photo. I know exactly what you mean, Peter.

Great photos. It goes to show that you don't need bright, sunny conditions. These are wonderfully atmospheric and true to the mountain.

Thanks for covering for me.

Jack