Distance: 141.22 km Ride time: 6:18:59 Average: 22.51 km/h Total: 20152 km The mornings in this part of New Zealand are cold and foggy. I had found a camp spot a few kilometers out of Taihape. With the first light I was cycling back into town looking for a cup of coffee to warm up. An hour [ Read More ]
Distance: 106.57 km Ride time: 4:52:45 Average: 21.74 km/h Total: 20011 km When I visited Tony in Wellington I didn’t just get given a mountain of food to put in my bags, but also the book “Mood of Future Joys” by Alastair Humphreys – a mesmerizing book about a round the worldcycling trip that I’m now [ Read More ]
Distance: 109.57 km Ride time: 4:58:45 Average: 22.13 km/h Total: 19904 km I do much of my route planning “on the go”. There are several ways to go from Wellington to Auckland. I had kind of decided to head towards the East Cape, but today I saw a sign for Palmerston and rather spontaneously decided [ Read More ]
