To celebrate our 38th wedding
anniversary we headed over the hill to the Wairarapa.
We had lunch in Greytown then
walked along a trail that covers the site of the former Greytown to Woodside
railway line. The line was opened in May 1880 and for a while was the terminus
of the Wairarapa line. The main line from Woodside to Masterton and beyond was
opened in November 1880 and the Greytown line became a branch. It was closed in
1953 and the walkway was developed this century.
It’s a 5 Km walk each way, through flat farming
country.
The track is flat and straight (as you
would expect) with the Tararua range in the distance.
There were some llama in a paddock.
At the end a short section of the original
track “made in Darlington UK in 1874”.
This is the current state of the Woodside
station – you can only change for Greytown if you walk.
The next morning we awoke to another
stunning Wairarapa autumn day. We met up with Andy and went to the
Murdoch
James winery for lunch. Wine and food were excellent.
1 comment:
Well you struck some decent weather! I used to visit family right across the road from a big steel mill in Darlington - wonder if it was the same one that the railway track came from. Happy anniversary you two :-)
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