Travelled: 197 kms On the road again and off to Greymouth. Our lunch stop overlooking Nine Mile Bay Heading into Greymouth Wekas welcoming us at our Greymouth campsite Before heading out the next day, the wonderful Greymouth library provided ample use of one of their free notebook computers to do some work while our bikes …
Travelled: 122 kms We rode on beside the beautiful Buller River and then into Westport for a couple of nights exploring the town and the harbour side coastal bike trail and visited the wonderful coal museum. With the best hot chips were had at the Denniston Dog. Only to realise the next morning we had …
We are up about 7:30 - 8:00 - not early risers! We pack up the sleeping area, deflating mattresses and pillows and stuffing the sleeping bags back into their sacks, before leaving the tent. Breakfast is either rice with dried fruit, tinned fruit (as it’s easier to carry than fresh fruit), seeds and water and/or …
...taken from Miriam Lancewood's book "Wild at Heart" Travelled: 276kms Leaving Nelson we rode through Rabbit Island to catch the ferry to Mapua, meeting Joanna and Russell from Invercargill, with an invite to stay, while we waited. I’m sure our unkept look and grey hair helped us earn the Seniors price for the ferry ride! …
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