What a beautiful place Rest day in Napier meant just that, a little walk in the morning, more on it in a second and a movie in the afternoon. The legs should be ready to ride the 8 days that separate me from Auckland even if I know already that one or two of them…
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Napier, at last.
It was warm, it was warm! I guess I got out of the roaring 40s, it felt like that last night, it was warm and and I did not need to wear the whole wardrobe for a change. The V drink of the afternoon also caught up with me and could not get to sleep…
Road signs day
Some days the road furniture is all there is to see I was a bit confused this morning, I woke up and looked at the mobile phone and it said 6:45, but there was a lot of light outside. I thought, no way I’m getting up and turned over for another 30 minutes. Then the…
Masterton pause
Plans or friends, not really a choice… friends! So I was not blown away in the camp but the long term effect of the long and difficult ride was to manifest itself in generalised weakness and extreme need of food. After getting up and scoffing a protein rich nut bar I knew the only answer…
Back to the north island
Here’s to 37 fab days in the south island. The ferry is leaving Picton at 10:45 and check-in is at 10:00 soI figured that, to be on the safe side, I should leave the camping at 8:00. This meant getting up before dawn and starting to pack. Well it was cold and wet and the…
Welcome to Marlborough country
Good weather + good legs + good road = long ride. I was waiting for it and it did not let me down, the sunrise this morning was one to remember. Before I get into the flood of pictures I took of it let me show you some I took last night of the surfing…
New friends and old friends
Great people make time memorable. This is going to be a very long post, if nothing else because there are a lot of pictures to fit in and there are a lot of stories to be told. I spent the last three days in in and around Christchurch and in that time I have made…
Christchurch
It is difficult to get away from the topic in Christchurch. A warm night for a change. The sun in the morning also drying the tent made it a template night out hopefully to be repeated in the coming month. Yea, who am I kidding? The day was promising fast easy riding but it started…
Drought
Water water everywhere … It is funny, isn’t it? You hear people talking about things but you don’t really get them until you see them for yourself. One example is people not knowing grammar and other people not paying attention. How many people do you think handled that sign from production to hanging. This is…