Motoming with Family

Staying with Aunt Louise and Mack in the countryside at Foxhill, we had a quiet relaxing start to the day enjoying breakfast together along with a panoramic view of cloud languidly drifting over and around the hills. Given the rain forecast for today, we had arranged our first South Island ride (Richmond to Motueka) with…

My sister, Tracey, and her husband, Trevor, arrived from the UK, and how better to celebrate their arrival other than with a little Motom and cycle? We rode around Bucklands Beach, up through the golf course, with beautiful views to Rangitoto and Brown’s Island, and to Musick Point. After Tracey and Trevor tried out the…

Our three weeks in the South Island disappeared quickly in a haze of great company, scenery, riding, and weather, and a lot of driving. For our final day of riding, we planned to ride the Link Pathway from Picton to Anakiwa and back – a 40 km ride. This pathway was slightly narrow in places…

Continuing our Summer of Motoming, we headed to Taupō, hoping for great riding and scenery. After working solidly with deadlines and zooms on Friday, our haste to get away saw us leave an important piece of equipment behind – my pedals. Fortunately these are an add-on, so it was an interesting experiment to do without,…

Yesterday’s rest day saw us working while enjoying fabulous views, followed by an evening with Aunt Louise and her husband, Mack, watching an enjoyable Sicilian detective TV series. This allowed recovery from our fast-paced Sunday cycle, ready to explore a new part of the trail today. This is the Tasman Great Taste Trail and yesterday…

Our West Coast visit in October ran out of time for the Hokitika Gorge, so we prioritised it this time. We were so pleased that we did. The turquoise water was stunning amid the rocky sides of the gorge and surrounding lush native bush. The 2 km loop track says photograph me every few minutes….