Adventures in 2013

My plan was to ride to Cromwell then catch the 9:10am Intercity bus to Twizel. I know the alarm went off at 6:00am, I am sure it did. Perhaps I can get way with a bit more sleep, after all it’s an hour and 16 minutes according to Google to the station.   Shiddeeep ! it is now 7:00am, what the ……. My body was complaining big time. but it has an immediate and pressing mission. Dive into the Lycra, grab a few bread rolls and I’m off.

I felt good after a decent night’s rest and a great breakfast. It has been a rather big day yesterday. Today was sunny, but quite windy.  These open plains and mountain backdrops sure cause a bit of a blustering, and I’m glad to have a good set of wrap around sunglasses to keep the dust and bugs out.

I read with interest about the new “great cycle rides” in New Zealand; complementary to the “great walks” and learned that the Alps to Ocean ride was almost complete. Looking on the map it looks like I could do almost a loop with the Otago rail trail and the Alps to Ocean combined. So this was the combination that I’ve decided to do.