Cycling trip to Hongoeka Bay

by Alfie

We met at the Den and the weather was perfect for our bike ride. The high winds and rain had died away and the sun was out. Before we set off we did a short presentation about bicycle maintenance and road safety. We then went outside to check everyone's bikes. Lucky everyone's bikes were in perfect order. We then set off in our patrols across the domain.

We set off down the Ara Harakeke pathway towards Plimmerton. During this trip, everyone stayed together in their patrols. We followed this pathway until we reached Plimmerton. When we reached Plimmerton we moved from the walkway to riding on the side of the road. We continued along the side of the road until we reached the pathway alongside the ocean at which point cars were coming regularly along the road. At this point, we switched back to the walkway all the way to the Marae. 

Hannah near the Plimmerton Firestation

Liam, Ruby and Ciara bringing up the rear

When we reached the marae we waited for everyone to catch up. Since we were ahead of schedule, we decided to go further than planned and went to the headland further along the path. We stopped here for a bit. Hamish and Will went out onto the rocks and sang songs while Zoe and her friends caught crabs. While we were having a break, a group of scouts climbed a large rock, despite being told not to. Jesse fell off the rock and had to be sent to the hospital as he had sliced his knee open on a rock.

Hanging around at the point

Jesses knee (He had 11 stitches later!)

After Jesse had been driven to the hospital, we set off back to the den. There was no incident on the way back. When we got back to the den, we had a game of infection tag, then a game of poison ivy. We then had flag down and left for the night.

A few more pictures are available here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/xke93nmSjcfMU11a7