Our Tour of Aotearoa

At breakfast we meet two others riding down the country, also taking their time. They are from Australia and have done many long rides in...

8am. Strong wind and showers were forecast for today, but we've had breakfast and packed and the ground is dry. There is a bit of wind,...

We've been quiet for a while because we have been in Christchurch, working - Sau Keng with many others, starting testing for their...

We arrived earlier this afternoon and have settled in to a very comfortable B&B in the south west of Palmerston North. Dinner is at home...

6:45am. We planned an early start today because of how slow riding on the gravel road was yesterday - and we have 35km of gravel today....

We are on the road at 9am, headed to Apiti, 70 kilometers to the east with 900m climb according to Google (which always underestimates)...

8:30, we are on our bikes on a lovely cycleway beside the river and it is another perfect day. The river is mirror like - disguising the...

The alarm wakes us at 6:30 to the sound of rain, we debate options and what to do - while lying in bed. By 7 we are up and having...

Ranfurly Cottage. We arrived here Saturday midday, our home in Raetihi. It's a very nice place and our hosts, Alison & Ron, interact with...

I just found the images in my blog do not always render properly on a phone, at least not on our phones. It works as intended on my...

Sau Keng says I am talking too much about hills! Our experiences of this ride differ a lot, mostly because of the characteristics of our...

We are out of bed in the dark and leave Mangakino at 7:15. It is a beautiful day, but quite cold. I'm wearing an extra layer. ... We just...

We are up early, about 6am, it's still dark. Sau Keng is far more active than me at these times. I want to keep sleeping, she want's to...

My friend at work, Paul, kindly offered use of his house here in Matamata. We had already booked and paid for accommodation here on...

We are back on the road, our next stop, at least of more than a day or two, will be Palmerston North when Sau Keng must work again for a...

We are back home, working, though it feels a lot like a holiday too, so much more relaxing physically - my longest ride is down to the...

This will be our longest ride by far today - and looking at the sky, very likely the wetest. It is not raining now (07:30 - fortunately...

I can sleep in and start late today :-) but no, I wake at 8am anyway. This is late I suppose, on several days we were already riding now....

Today we ride back to Auckland, to Brown's Bay, where we will stay with friends of ours, Angela and Yvonne. We set off early, 7:30am....

We had a relaxed start and were 'late' to Mangawhai yesterday so we are up early today and at 7:30 are on the road. Mangawhai seems to be...