I am sorry, really I am! Two things have come to my attention last night. First my posts are, for the most a bit sickening, they might make the reader feel like I’m spending my time in paradise, while they are stuck in the normal world that, has a lot going for it, but not…
Category: Oceania
Queenstown Part 1
What can possibly go wrong?0 08:20: First day of the two days rest in Queenstown, today is the day of the Skydive. I’d be lying if I said I was not a bit apprehensive, but I’m not apprehensive about what you think. As I have come out of the tent Queenstown in covered in clouds…
The Crown Range Road
Some days the pictures just tell the story. What does it say about my that I cannot stop taking picture of lake Wanaka? I think I could feel quite at home here, and it’s not just the great beer at the happy hour pub. After the said pub I went to lake front and waited…
It was not me this time
So much for the second relaxing day There we go again, the best laid plans go to pot. Today was meant to be the second of the so called “relaxing days” to be had to prepare myself for the last three days of work before I get to Queenstown. First let me share with you something…
Cycle-touring recipe
Add a handful of hiking to a large dollop of cycling, sprinkle with stupidity and serve. The day was going to be relaxing, one of the two relaxing days preceding the tackling of the Haast Pass and the ride to Wanaka. It was going to be only 43 miles of gently undulating ground to be…
The land of snow and ice
Some clouds have a silver lining. It looked like the carefully hatched plan was not going to pay off. When I woke up there was a distinct lack of brilliant sunshine. I set off anyway as there was little or no point in spending another day in Harihari. Not five miles from town I caught…
Resting my legs but not the laptop
It was a good idea to stop for a day. Even if Harihari is not the centre of the universe it has rained on and off all day and I have managed to make more sense of what I am going to do between now and Auckland. The weather was not terrible to start with…
And the dirty old track, was the…
It’s good to be good! Did not know what to do this morning, It did rain a bit in the night, but I slept like a log, and I was really eager to go. The washing I did yesterday had not dried properly so I dumped it in the tumble dryer and bought myself 45 minutes of spare…