I decided on a road ride today, revisiting Waiau but not on roads I'd ridden before. Several of the South Island group rides I've done ended near Waiau after riding the inland road from Kaikoura. It was a great lunch stop before heading back to Christchurch
Today's ride means I can, technically, add the Saint James and Molesworth Cycle Trails to my ride list but it would be cheating. Both are near to Hanmer Springs with the St James Trail heading towards St Arnaud (Nelson Lakes) and Molesworth towards Blenheim. Flood damage on both
It was a bit damp early morning but dry by the time I emerged. Just a roll around the Hanmer Springs Forest today. Some fun trails through a mix of bush and more commercial forest. A fun warmup after a lazy morning, going further afield tomorrow if the weather is
Last night found out yesterday's downpour killed my rear Cyclic camera. The lens surround was cracked after, about a year ago, it tumbled down a gravel road at over 50km/h securely attached to an old saddle bag which fell off when its snap-lock quick release broke after
Woke up to a fine, but not clear, day. Has an early start, an on-line meeting about some possible work which didn't eventuate due to timing. Today I wanted to reprise a ride I last did in 2019 and visit Denniston again. It is about 15km from Westport
Had an early start to watch the F1 (04:00am!) then, when the laundry opened at about 8am, did a load of washing. One luxury of car/bike mixed mode touring is no problems carrying lots of gear, but even so I was getting low on clean ride apparel. It
A lazy day, only agenda item was a short relocation drive from Punakaiki to Westport. The sea was a bit rougher today so stopped, again, at Punakaiki Pancake Rocks to see the blowholes in action for the first time this visit. One last look back to my home for the
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Had a bit of a sleep in. After yesterday's big ride and waking in the middle of the night to watch the F1 from Bahrain live figure I earned it. Happily, the weather was good as I had to go for a ride today to collect the car
Big day today; cycled the new'ish Paparoa Track. It's a shared hiking/walking trail which goes high into the hills from near Blackball, follows ridge lines, and then drops into the Pororari River valley most of the way back to Punakaiki. It’s not to be
Thought about doing the Papāroa Track today but it means an early start and long day. Although the weather was OK, last night's clouds had gone, I woke up about seven already feeling tired. Waking for an overnight 03:30 - 04:30 online presentation—a lecture by
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This morning I discovered it isn't wise, due to nosey locals, to leave the deck sliding door open unattended... Had a slow start, breakfast at about nine on the deck with that view... After all the recent riding on the mountain bike it was time to do a
Not much of a challenge in terms of timing today, just had to relocate to Punakaiki (~80km away) and had until after 2pm (check-in time) to do it. Because I was alone at the B&B the day started with breakfast at Kitchen Hokitika, next door. It was a
