{"id":2253,"date":"2008-10-29T15:07:58","date_gmt":"2008-10-29T07:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/?p=2253"},"modified":"2013-04-17T18:42:45","modified_gmt":"2013-04-17T10:42:45","slug":"treetop-walk-sat-nov-8th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/?p=2253","title":{"rendered":"TreeTop Walk &#8211; Sat Nov 8th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium\">TreeTop Macritchie Walk<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><strong>Date- <\/strong><strong>Saturday 8<sup>th<\/sup> Nov 2008<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><strong>Time- <\/strong><strong>4 pm<\/strong><strong> <\/strong>( please note we are starting earlier than usual, please be on time)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><strong>Meeting Place \u2013 Bus stop near Junction of <\/strong><strong>Venus Drive<\/strong><strong>(opposite FlameTree Condo) &amp; <\/strong><strong>Upper Thomson Road<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><strong>Disembark\u00a0\u00a0 at the\u00a0 bus stop \u00a0after Thomson Plaza<\/strong> if you are going north towards Sembawang . The bus stop is located immediately <strong>after the junction traffic light<\/strong> and\u00a0 on same side as Venus Drive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Buses &#8211; #132, 163(toapayoh interchange), 165, 166(AMK interchange), 167, 410( bishan interchange), 855(yishun interchange), 855, 980.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\">For those driving, \u00a0please leave your vehicle\u00a0 at the large open air car park at \u00a0Venus Drive.\u00a0 Free parking there.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\">We will begin our walk from Venus Drive and continue a short distance along Island Country Club road before linking up with the forest trail leading us to Ranger Station, our first rest &amp; toilet point. From there we will continue walking the trail for a while, then climb a short steep road to the hilltop, cross the TreeTop bridge single file, enjoy the height &amp; scenery before descending to a long boardwalk leading to Petaling Hut enroute to our starting point .<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\">The whole journey takes about 2.45 hours , including a short rest.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Unlike the previous pipeline walk, there are no major obstacles to overcome , no drains to jump across , no fence to climb nor slippery slopes or muddy or soft wet grounds to cross. So don\u2019t worry but must remember to bring your umbrella or poncho as the weather is unpredictable during this period of the year,<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\">After the walk, food is readily available , a couple of bus stops away along Sin Ming\/Upper Thomson Road.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\">This is the last walk for this year, so we hope to see many of you\u00a0 there.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Walk team coordinators \u2013 CharlesWee, ChristinaChan, VeronicaWong, MaryTan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>abc<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Click <a title=\"walking081108\" href=\"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/shc1\/walking081108\/\" target=\"_self\">here<\/a> to view photos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TreeTop Macritchie Walk Date- Saturday 8th Nov 2008 Time- 4 pm ( please note we are starting earlier than usual, please be on time) Meeting Place \u2013 Bus stop near Junction of Venus Drive(opposite FlameTree Condo) &amp; Upper Thomson Road Disembark\u00a0\u00a0 at the\u00a0 bus stop \u00a0after Thomson Plaza if you are going north towards Sembawang &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/?p=2253\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;TreeTop Walk &#8211; Sat Nov 8th&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2","category-22"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2253"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6951,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2253\/revisions\/6951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}