GLYNN WYE COUNTRY CLUB

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21655, 13 December 1935, Page 23

GLYNN WYE COUNTRY CLUB

TO THX EDITOR OF THR PRXS3. Sir, —A letter signed “Traveller” appeared in your columns .some days ago, criticising the suitability of a site at Glynn Wye station for a country club and advocating ~; the superior merits of Lake Sumner. There are many beauties associated with Lake Sumner and its environs. No one would ■deny that there are merits in all our vast mountainous areas; but why anyone should criticise a progressive proposal, which would enable an increasing number of city dwellers to spend enjoyable holidays in any of these areas, is beyond understanding. The site suggested for the country club is well known to the writer. The' photographs in “The Press” showed that, for setting, a small wooded spur running into a horseshoe lake had been chosen. The view to the east is a wonderful panorama of the Waiau valley, with the Hanmer plains in the distance. The view is encircled with wild, rugged mountains, beautiful in their evening and morning shades. To tKe north and west, extensive views of the Hope and Doubtful valleys, with their high watersheds covered in bush, and crowned with snowy “tops” running to the main divide, can be seen. Easy access to the Hope, Harper, and Amur! passes, by pack track, would open up new fields to the adventurous. A trip to Lake Sumner would be easily possible. In a year or two an easy motor road to the West Coast via the Lewis Pass will give opportunities to explore the Waiau valley, a little known scenic gem and sportsman’s paradise; the Boyle valley, and over to the Spun- Range; further to Lake Rotoiti, etc.—areas which are at the moment almost inaccessible.

The country club has the advantage ot easy access by main highway from Christchurch, and will provide a splendid opportunity for convalescents, climbers, and sportsmen throughout most of the year, and no doubt, many opportunities to others to indulge in winter sports during the season. To the thousands who, at present, do not know the charm of the high country, the country club would prove a lure and the benefit derived from a holiday spent in these surroundings would ensure it reasonable patronage.—Yours, etc., LEWISITE. December 11, 1935.