A Wonderful World of Water and Wind
It now seems ages ago I shot down the rail trail. The original railway was completed in 1921. As it turned out the line was uneconomic. Lucky for cyclist young and old, the Department of […]
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About Climbing, Crossing Creeks and Camera’s
It was a bit of a climb out of Cromwell. It was only the next morning, when I reached the top of Dufflers Saddle, that I realized I’d just cycled up the highest public […]
Yes I ride, but my horse is a bicyle.
After leaving Christchurch I found myself cycling through a lot of low hanging clouds. It made me think this should be named ‘land of the low white cloud‘. Since the roads were pretty flat to […]
About Boats, Boots, Beers & a Blowfish (but no Bicycle)
Exactly 60 years after my granddad’s brother got on the ship ‘Het Zuider Kruis‘, (the Southern Cross) and set sail for New Zealand, I got here on my bicycle. Sadly he isn’t around any more. […]
