I (Claire) have a group of walking friends and we do a "big" walk each year, plus some smaller training walks during the year (it's really just an excuse to get together for a girls only time away from husbands and children!) Much of the fun is in the planning - where will we go next time? How will we get there? What will we do afterwards? We always have a fabulous time.
Here are some of the walks we have really enjoyed.
(Planning is underway for the Routeburn in 2012, I'm looking forward to getting to the South Island again!)