On a day which promised a bit of rain Sue and Rob, Helena, Annemarie, Judith, Sharon, Denise and Lynn took the risk of getting wet and enjoyed this lovely walk up to Chrystalls Bend, Otaki River, returning to Otaki Township via the track alongside the Otaki Racecourse, past some lovely old Otaki homesteads and over the bridge back to the township. As the weather was a little threatening we decided not to extend the walk and to finish with a nice coffee and lunch at a lovely café in Otaki, and some of us did a little bit of retail therapy on the way back to cars parked at the Otaki Bridge carpark. The rain stayed away and we all remained dry.