The Day the Orca came
Wednesday, 14 December was surprisingly warm in Wellington, still hovering around 21 degrees at 4:00pm. So after a quick exchange of texts, and a mad dash home to beat the […]
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Great Taste Tasman Revisited: Highlights
On any extended tour there are always highlights (and lowlights, but we traditionally ignore those): The quality of the trail construction undertaken by the Nelson City Council, Tasman District Council […]
GTT 2: Day 4 – Wakefield to Nelson Airport
The final day of the trip was a relatively short (15 km) and largely flat ride along dedicated trails back to Richmond, then a quick run over the last 6 […]
GTT2: Day 2 – Mapua to Kaiteriteri
Another day – another ride in the sun. The plan was an 8:00am start, with breakfast at The Naked Bun in Mapua township, before a leisurely ride along the coast […]
GTT2: Day 1 – Nelson Airport to Mapua
Another early start, and down to Wellington Airport for a coffee and a quick skip across the ditch to Nelson to start four days of fine weather, fine bycling and fine food and drink. That’s the plan anyway.
Great Taste Tasman Trail Revisited
The opening of the Spooner’s Tunnel on the Great Taste Tasman Trail provides the opportunity to complete the full 175 km loop
Another Great Winter’s Day in Wellington
Wairarapa Highlights
It has become our practice to finish each trip record with a listing of highlights. So here goes: Riding around the vineyards for wine-tasting at the local cellar doors on […]
Wairarapa Day 2: A long ride and a bit of a shock
“The best laid plans of mice and men go oft awry”. A popular version of a famous quote, and one which applied to our second day almost from the off. […]
One Man in Queenstown
Early Autumn, and a family wedding in Wanaka, followed by a few days in Queenstown, at the centre of New Zealand’s southern lakes, provided the opportunity to explore one of […]
Five Men on Bikes 