NZ Uphill

Route Tue 5 May — Kaikoura to Ward

A beautiful meander up the coast. It was a long day in distance, and in time as I kept having to stop to look at the view. I had the option to stop in Kekerengu but decided to push on over some hills to Ward in order to make it to Wellington for Thursday.

Route Tue 19 May — Tokoroa to Te Aroha

Today I had a nice downhill run from Tokoroa to Tirau then flatish to Te Aroha. 91km but didn’t know this until looking back and counting the Ks.

Almost got taken out by an anger problem on wheels. Some young guy who came back for a…

Route Fri 15 May — National Park to Turangi

A downhill ride in the rain, with hopefully the wind at my back. Brrrr. It is very cloudy today so I don’t hold much hope of seeing the mountain. Ah well, seen plenty of postcards with it on, so I know what it should look like :)

Route Fri 24 April — Balclutha to Mosgiel

Here is today’s route. Not quite all the way to Dunedin but technically in Dunedin City.

Video log — Dunedin to Christchurch

Route Mon 27 April — Waikouaiti to Oamaru

A nice trip up the coast!

Made it!

I have officially made it! I touched the lighthouse at 12:00 and was met by my family eager to get their husband and dad back. I couldn’t tweet my finish as there is no coverage on any network pretty much north of Houhura. Full blog and video coming soon once I have got home and showered. Yeeeeeeeehaaaaaaa

To the end and beyond

Being on the home stretch now, things were starting to sink in a little. The fact that the end of my journey was only a few days ride away was both exciting and a little disconcerting. I was so excited to be heading into my home turf and getting closer and closer to my family, but I was…