Walk to honour early settlers

Press, 8 December 1976, Page 21

Walk to honour early settlers

Christchurch people will be able to follow in the footsteps of the Canterbury early sellers on Sunday. The Bridle Path Commemorative Walk, organised by the Lyttelton Borough Council, will give families, couples, and everybody else the chance to get out and enjoy the eye-catching views on both sides of the Port Hills. Those who complete the walk will receive a certificate. “It is an endeavour to [make the public, young and jold, more aware that we do have a provincial Anniversary Day which has become somewhat lost in the general rush surrounding Christmas,” said the Mayor of Lyttelton, Mr J. B. Collett. The commemorative walk is held each year to mark the Anniversary Day, which honours the arrival of the first

e settlers at Lyttelton on Dec- - ember 16, 1850. yr The settlers on the First Four Ships, and those who . followed them, carried their , belongings over the Bridle . Path to reach Christchurch. . It was the only route from ; Lyttelton to Christchurch un- ' til the Evans Pass road to j Sumner was opened in 1857. The walk will begin at j Ferrymead between 1 p.m, and 3 p.m., and will end at the Council Chambers in Lyttelton. ’ Christchurch Transport 1 Board buses will pick up 1 walkers from the Square for Ferrymead at 12.30 p.m. and ■ from Lyttelton at 1 p.m. The [ buses will return from Lyttelton to Ferrymead and the ■ Square after 3.15 p.m. In case of bad weather, a cancellation notice will be : broadcast on 3ZB at 9 a.m. or 11 a.m. on Sunday morn- : ing.