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Category Archives: Cycle Touring
Alps to Ocean: Part I
Day 15: Dansey Pass to Kurow 52km (826k) I was glad to be off gravel, although that was going to be short lived. Leaving Dansey Pass for the Waitaki River Valley the schist cliffs give way to towering flat-topped buttresses … Continue reading
Dansey Pass – Otago
Day 14: Naseby to Dansey Pass Camp 52km (774km) Today was going to be a fifty k belter on gravel under a relentless sun. So again, I broke camp to the sparrows morning chorus. To start with it was a … Continue reading
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RnR Required – Otago
Day 8: Ahuriri flat to Dunedin 112km (594k) Yuk! Leaving the Caitlin’s behind I find myself back on Statehighway 1, hurtling trucks and SUV’s towing oversized caravans and trailers, all whilst being squished onto the narrowest of road margins. Thank … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Hut, Cycle Tour, cycle touring, Cycling, Cycling in New Zealand, Gecko, Glencreag Track, Hiking, Middlemarch, new zealand, otago, Sutton Salt Lake, Travel, Travelogues, Walks
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The Caitlins
Day 5: Riverton to Fortrose 89km (354k) Well that was boring. Flat. Long. Straight. Farms farms farms, and hurtling milk tankers. The most interesting parts of today was the nativity scene made of hay bales and getting to my destination. … Continue reading
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Tagged caitlins, Cycle Tour, cycle touring, Cycling, Cycling in New Zealand, lighthouses, new zealand, outdoors, Travel, Travelogues, Walks, Waterfalls
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Day 3: Te Anau to Tuatapere 103km (209k)
Mentally I found the last two days a bit of a challenge – I was counting minutes, wanting to hurry, unnecessarily pushing hard, trying to get there ‘before lunch’. However today, it felt like I was starting to get my … Continue reading