Great Taste Tasman – Take 3
In early December 2019 5 Men on Bikes returned to Nelson/Tasman to finally complete the full circuit of the Great Taste Tasman Trail. Our previous attempts had been frustrated by […]
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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 […]
Great Taste Tasman Revisited: Gallery
Video memories:
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 3: Kaiteriteri to Wakefield
Late evening Saturday night in Kaiteri, and the discussion turned to the likely weather for the long ride the following day. Rain was widely predicted, however not expected to arrive […]
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
Tasman’s Great Taste Trail (GTT)
What started as casual “beer talk” at one of our regular meetings 12 months ago at The Local in Strathmore seemed to gather a momentum of its own, and all of a […]
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