New Zealand post 5: PERFECTLY PERFECT We re-join the bike path and pedal along merrily, free of traffic worries. Daily commuters in their neon green safety vests cruise past and greet jovially – ” Luvly day firit, innit?” , “Enjoy ya day” Everything is orderly and well sign-posted with safety warnings at every juncture and…
New Zealand post 4: MANAGING THE MAUNGATAPU TRACK It’s hardly first light when we get away at 07h45 after cooking oats and coffee, cleaning up, re-packing our bikes, etc, etc, but the sky is blue, the sun is shining and we are rolling again! We are cruising through beautiful farmlands. Everything is peaceful & pristine.…
New Zealand post 3: HUNKERING DOWN Steve is studying the map and I lie down on the single mattress that we’ve decided we’ll both squeeze onto. That’s the last thing I remember. I awake sometime in the dead of night and it takes me a few moments to remember where we are. I feel around…
New Zealand post 2: LORD OF THE CHAIN RINGS We cook up our oats and are up and away before 07h00. Just out of town, we spy a bike track that leads off the main drag onto a forest path. We decide to give it a go and it turns out to be the most…
New Zealand post 1: Pre Amble My head is pounding fit to explode! We’ve been travelling for 35 hours thus far and still have1 flight to go. I really am not enamoured of this aspect of travel. If only we could employ some floo powder and just materialize at our destination, but alas, I fear…