Our Tour of Aotearoa

The plan is to ride from Paparoa to Kaiwaka for a midday meeting, and then on to Mangawhai and our bach. Yesterday we started riding at...

Today is our first work day. We are well setup here, the wifi is adequate and the long desk great. It's a bit high, but a couple of...

Today we start early, getting up in the dark at 6am and are on the road at 7:15. This is not natural for me but I have to admit the...

Today should be an easy day, mostly downhill and only 40km :-) It's another beautiful morning, there is no wind, perfect for us. We tour...

Our original plan had been to ride to Dargaville - 106Km with 1200m climb - but we have doubts if I am up to this and Sau Keng's...

It's a beautiful morning as we leave Ahipara. We were planning to be on the road at 7, but last night I checked our plan and saw the 92km...

We have about 40km along the beach to get to Ahipara, very doable and we can take our time, but after yesterday the beach has my respect....

We have a long way to ride today - 15 from Cape Reinga to Te Paki stream turnoff. 3km to the sand dunes, 2km down the stream to the beach...

Today we commit and drive north to Pukenui on the Houhora harbour. It’s a beautiful morning and Sau Keng tells me the forecast is for the...

From being comfortably far off, our start day is now almost upon us. We are reasonably organised. We have a detailed plan of our journey....

Colin and Sau Keng In our sixties, with two grown children. Time to go on a big adventure - we plan to ride from Cape Reinga to Bluff!...