Set out for the Waitakere Ranges but looked like rain up there so tried the new New Lynn Avondale Path and SH16 path to the city. The new path has its issues, some ugly junctions and road crossings, but cycling to the CDB on path or quiet suburban roads from
Time to try another new cycle path which opened recently. The $45 million Avondale - New Lynn Shared Path connects the Waterview Shared Path to New Lynn. Prior to this there was no safe off-road cycle route to New Lynn or beyond. Another wonderful day, will this weather end? Towards
Cycling
Two rides to mark a seasonal change and milestone (kilometre stone?) of Time Out NZ 2021 - 2022. Last autumn ride Last day of Autumn, sun shining, time for a ride! Hobsonville Point boardwalk. Herald Island, nicer when the tide is in. Lincoln Rd Cycleway Design Disaster The SH16 North-western
The Ti Ara Ki Uta Ki Tai Cycle Path (TKACP) runs from Kohimarama Rd to Orakei Basin (Yellow Arrow). It links to the existing Glen Innes (Merton Rd - Kohimarama Rd) path and will link to the Tamaki Drive waterfront path via a mix of boardwalks and roadside paths along
Woke to a misty view from the Timber Trail Lodge, Piropiro. Better than the heavy rain I heard overnight... After breakfast got kitted up for a damp day and left my overnight bag for the transfer to base. It's nice having change of clothes for the lodge, fresh
When I found out about the Waikato River Trail section closure, but had already committed to travel to Taupo, I decided to do a ride previously relegated to my 'next summer' list. I had considered it pre-xmas 2021, but the Auckland COVID-19 lockdown scuttled that. The Timber Trail
Change of plan today as found out the Mangakino/Mareitai section of the Waikato River Trail I was going to ride is still closed for logging works. When I booked this leg, it was only weekdays, thus the weekend ride plan, but was changed to all week recently. Instead of
Today I drove North, 56km, to Mangakino to ride another section of the Waikato River Trails. I had hoped to complete the final two sections this trip but the trail North of Mangakino was closed for forestry operations. Oh well, a reason to return! Waikato River Trail | Mangakino to Atiamuri
I had returned to Taupo for some unfinished business on the Great Lake Trails. There are four sections on the lakeside around, and further west of, Kinloch. I did the Kawakawa/K2K and W2K trails at Kinloch in January but still had the more remote Day 1 Waihaha Trail (on
Time to return to the Waikato and Taupo for some unfinished business. I had a few Waikato River and Taupo rides left to 'complete the set'. First was a section that was still being built last time I rode the Te Awa River Ride (Waikato River). A new
I delayed my second Waikato/Taupo trip a week to be in Auckland for a long-anticipated event. Thanks to COVID-19 lockdown and gathering limit delays the The Big Bike Film Night 2022 was only a few months after the delayed TBBFN 2021! Cycling to the bike movies From home it
Woke up to 'Wellington on a good day' for my last ride of this road trip. After a DIY motel breakfast, I chucked the bike in the car and headed back to Maymorn, Upper Hutt, (where I turned around on Thursday) and the start of the rail incline
