Tour de Kärnten 2014 – Stage 4
Another day of great weather. Today's stage was the Dach der Tour an 80 km jaunt with approximately 2000 vertical metres. I arrived at the start late and was stuck…
Tour de Kärnten 2014 – Stage 3
More good weather. As usual we headed off neutralised for a few kms. Things went quite well on the hills. My legs seemed reasonably happy. Later on though they decided…
Tour de Kärnten 2014 – Stage 1
Unlike last year the first stage of the Tour de Kärnten was the Ironman Runde. For some reason my results on this stage have always been worse than the other…
Cycle Touring Catlins Jan 2014
Day 1 – 13/1: We drove most of the day arriving mid afternoon in Papatowai. It was cold and rainy so we put off cycling and went for a wander…
Lazing in Golden Bay
I’ve just got back from ten days of lazing in Golden Bay, still the most bestest part of New Zealand.
We climbed, kayaked, ran, swam, rode, and pictionaried. Brendan and Andy joined us for a few days half way through and Katie did a cycling mission up to Takaka and we caught up with her briefly too.
Above left: We didn’t have such a good start to the trip with a tyre on the trailer needing replacing in Lewis Pass. The weather was very nice in the pass though so it wasn’t too bad. Above right: It was a beautiful day so we headed out in kayaks to the Tata Islands off Tata Beach.
Above Left: We landed on the island and had a bit of ginger beer to celebrate. Above Right: The island was inhabited by many shags.