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Carlyle Hut and Horseshoe Hill, 27-28 June 2015

Forecast for gale westerlies made us explore this seldom visited corner of the Lake Sumner Forest Park. We walked up Carlyle Stream to the cosy Carlyle Hut on the first day and were blown over Horsehoe Hill by an increasingly strong westerly. Team: Nic Low, James Thornton and Nina Dickerhof
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  • Concrete tennis court or frozen bog?
  • "How to keep my boots dry?"
  • Shady valley.
  • Nic in Carlyle Stream.
  • A wintry Carlyle Stream.
  • A wintry Carlyle Stream.
  • Carlyle Hut.
  • Lots of reading and tea drinking time.
  • Moon outside the hut.
  • Cosy inside.
  • Carlyle Hut the next morning.
  • Getting ready to leave.
  • Nice flats near the hut.
  • Nic looking forward to some action - about to bushbash through regenerating beech and windfall to Horseshoe Hill.
  • View across Carlyle Stream to Mons Sex Millia.
  • James above Carlyle Stream, Hope Valley left in the distance.
  • Across to Horseshoe Hill.
  • Trying to stay upright against the gusts.
  • Trying to stay upright against the gusts.
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