New Zealand post 17: ALL MY FAVOURITES Today more than makes up for any penance we had to pay yesterday! We are on a dedicated bike path for 95% of the day, the weather is pristine and the riding is sublime! We start on the canal with the wind from behind, then onto the banks…
New Zealand post 16: A REAL MIXED BAG Today is just like a packet of Liquorice Allsorts. You only really like a few, but to get to those, you have to take the whole bag. It starts out with those single, double and triple decker sandwiches, which are the least favourite and most common, represented…
New Zealand post 15: A FAIRLIE FORGETTABLE DAY Digging deep for blog fodder today. Nothing much has come our way. The sun is out and wind from behind. A more pleasant day’d be hard to find. Except, that is, for the incessant traffic, and we are supposedly on the quiet backroad! The roadkill is next…
New Zealand post 14: THIS PLACE IS BONKERS! When we arrived at the accommodation yesterday, there was nobody about, just a sign on the door: ” Come in, choose a room, make yourself at home. I live upstairs and I’ll be back later”. So we did! When our host finally appeared he laughed his head…
New Zealand post 13: INTO THE WEST WIND! It’s pleasant enough when we set off and we’re happy to be back on small country roads. The last 2 days we’ve been on a popular tourist route and have shared the highway with plenty of trucks and RVs – really not my bag, but unavoidable. I…
New Zealand post 12: A REAL DAMPENER, FOLLOWED BY A DAZZLER I have been snoozing for 12 hours straight. It was raining when I went to sleep and it’s raining when I wake up. So much for escaping the weather… What to do now? We check the forecast & it’s 100% raining all day. Tomorrow:…