What a contrast to yesterday, woke to stormy wet weather and low cloud. It was still quite warm, around 16°C, but not a great day for riding the Remutaka Ranges. After mucking around all morning, some travel/home admin and watching videos, decided to take a look at some
After last night's late arrival, was after 23:00 by the time I got to the motel, I didn't rush to get up. Wandered across the road from the Motel about nine for breakfast at Seashore Cabaret Café. The eggs benedict (with ham) and coffee were
What a day for my last ride in the South Island (on this trip)! It was cool setting out, just 12°C, but soon warmed to 20°C as the sun kicked in. Around the bays... There are some neat mountain bike trails around Picton but was looking for something
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Today's ride has a most unassuming name, "The Link Pathway", but don't let that fool you. It is historic and relates to the 1860s bridle path and, I presume, due to it linking Picton and Havelock, Queen Charlotte & Pelorus Sounds, and (in part)
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
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
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
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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
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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
