Anyone remember the Hawkswood S bends in North Canterbury?

[98tls]

Between Parnassus and the old Conway store (long gone also) there was the Hawkswood S bends,coming from Ch-CH it was a righthander then down hill to the bridge then left and uphill into a tight right hander where the road went back up the other side of the gully,long straight then more good stuff leading into the Hundaless,if you do remember it any chance you can tell me the year they bypassed it and went with the boring straight stretch?Cheers.(yea i know i mispelt Canterbury,apoligies to the pedantic)

[JimO]

1956 so you must have been in your 30s then;)

[Howie]

found This (http://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/bitstream/10092/3102/1/thesis_fulltext.pdf) pdf file (6 mb) in google, on page 151 says Hawkswood realignment happened in 1999-2001.

[yod]

(yea i know i mispelt Canterbury,apoligies to the pedantic)

Pedant here, you also misspelt mispelt and apologies.

Edit: anyway, take a left and do the Leader Rd :niceone:

[Kickaha]

1956 so you must have been in your 30s then;)

1956? doubt it, was in the last 25 years, see I narrowed it down a bit already

Conway store was gone probably 30 years ago

[JimO]

1956? doubt it, was in the last 25 years, see I narrowed it down a bit already

Conway store was gone probably 30 years ago
woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh

[Transalper]

The road is still there if you want to use it.

[dangerous]

Between Parnassus and the old Conway store (long gone also) there was the Hawkswood S bends,coming from Ch-CH it was a righthander then down hill to the bridge then left and uphill into a tight right hander where the road went back up the other side of the gully,long straight then more good stuff leading into the Hundalessfucking right, that was when the road was to ride not just get from a-b, saftey they reckon, crap more dye on straight roads.




Conway store was gone probably 30 years agonoooo shit no, time hasnt passed that quick, a old mate of mine grew up there his parents running the shop, burnt down what 5yrs back... 7 8 maybe, shit

[pete-blen]

The road is still there if you want to use it.


It is & yer can..Its a bit slippy on the top in the trees....

[neels]

Last time I drove through just for fun there was a farmer dropping pine trees across the road, had to stop and wait for him to drag one out of the way so we could get through.

Will always remember a mate from the north island in his XY falcon who'd never driven it before getting to the hairpin heading south, locking everything up and going straight through the fence. He asked why I'd told him to go that way and not down SH1.

[Mully Clown]

There's a Hawkswood Festival of Speed held at times. I think by the Canterbury Car Club. A good excuse to head up that way for a bit of entertainment and an excuse to go for a blat along the Leader.

[98tls]

fucking right, that was when the road was to ride not just get from a-b, saftey they reckon, crap more dye on straight roads.



noooo shit no, time hasnt passed that quick, a old mate of mine grew up there his parents running the shop, burnt down what 5yrs back... 7 8 maybe, shit

The original Conway store did burn down,happened after the guy that owned its wife returned home after a holiday in Stralia to find her husband in the sack with the 16 year old they employed.was a fucking lot longer than 5 years ago D.

[98tls]

found This (http://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/bitstream/10092/3102/1/thesis_fulltext.pdf) pdf file (6 mb) in google, on page 151 says Hawkswood realignment happened in 1999-2001.

Cheers................

[98tls]

Pedant here, you also misspelt mispelt and apologies.

Edit: anyway, take a left and do the Leader Rd :niceone:
Have done, many times a long time ago.I was born there dont need directions but cheers anyway.

[98tls]

Last time I drove through just for fun there was a farmer dropping pine trees across the road, had to stop and wait for him to drag one out of the way so we could get through.

Will always remember a mate from the north island in his XY falcon who'd never driven it before getting to the hairpin heading south, locking everything up and going straight through the fence. He asked why I'd told him to go that way and not down SH1.

Whats really sad is the loss of an XY.:nono:

[98tls]

The road is still there if you want to use it.

Where exactly did you think i thought it had gone?:wacko:

[Kickaha]

I always thought it was a shitty little bit of road, North of it alongside the Conway is a much better run

At one stage they were supposedly going to straighten the Northern top part where you go past the big tree butI was told they weren't allowed to cut it down?

[neels]

Whats really sad is the loss of an XY.:nono:
This is a falcon we're talking about, all it took was a bit of shoving to back it out and carry on to chch. :headbang:

[Transalper]

Where exactly did you think i thought it had gone?:wacko:

Don't know, didn't think much about it, maybe I thought you thought it had gone the way of the Arthurs Pass Zig Zag, all overgrown and broken after being closed.
Pity we can't still use that one as a fun bit too but then half it fell in to the river if I heard correctly which was the whole point of building the viaduct as it was due to happen sooner or later.
Maybe that's what we need from the top of Evans Pass to Lyttelton, another viaduct. lol. It would be nice if they would at least open the Summit Rd from Rapaki to Evans down to Sumner again soon.

[gammaguy]

Don't know, didn't think much about it, maybe I thought you thought it had gone the way of the Arthurs Pass Zig Zag, all overgrown and broken after being closed.
Pity we can't still use that one as a fun bit too but then half it fell in to the river if I heard correctly which was the whole point of building the viaduct as it was due to happen sooner or later.
Maybe that's what we need from the top of Evans Pass to Lyttelton, another viaduct. lol. It would be nice if they would at least open the Summit Rd from Rapaki to Evans down to Sumner again soon.

I have been told they will never re open Evans Pass

Very sad it was my favourite of all the Port Hills Passes.but it is not deemed essential and they are scared of falling rocks

[dangerous]

I have been told they will never re open Evans Pass

Very sad it was my favourite of all the Port Hills Passes.but it is not deemed essential and they are scared of falling rocks
Ive heard the same, but I find it hard to believe, logestics, fraight that cant be hauled through the tunnel has to go over Gebbies or the Kiwi, not cost afective... but I wonder how much the poofs in Sumner are behind the pass staying closed?

[dmc]

I'd say alot of Sumner people would be wanting it open so they have more than one way out if need be.