Big day out

April 2016

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April 2016

The long ridge extending in the foreground from Little with Middle and then Mt Peel further in the distance. Photo: Lindsay Williams
Mt Peel, Peel Forest Park, Canterbury Mount Peel dominates the distant view from our Timaru living room window and is one we have always wanted to climb. Locally, the mountain is talked about as being three parts, namely Little, Middle and Big. Little is well-known to many visitors to Peel Forest but Middle and Big […]
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