going to town 40km ride

I did a 40 km ride today well I did need to go in to town for a few thing also had to do a training ride so I went the other way into town-going right (most of the I go left) out the gate on fitzherbert east road to S.H.3 going left to ashhurstand then on to palmerston nort. In town going on the river walkway untill I got to the fitzherbert bridge then back on the road to the square where I went to the library and a few other places then heading back to tielcey park by fitzherbert avenue with a short stop at the supermarket -aokautere drive- fitzherbert east road

I'm still here

I'm still here

I just been a bit busy with suff so when I have some time I will post more ok

wanganui to tielcy park

wanganui to tielcy park(near palmerston north) 95 km

after packing my gear back on the bike and saying good bye to the people at the yha I head acrouse a bridge then along the river to find a super market what i spot on the other side of the river so over a bridge to get some food then back over the river to get out of town (fun trying to find my way around town with no map) a few up and downs some of then long I past thought a town called turakina then more riding in the rain -not hard rain it just gets you wet the road is mostley flat to bulls where i stop for a rest after 4+ hour’s in the rain n the way out of bull’s there is a bridge with a side pice for people on bikes and walkers not much room for the trailer (about 5 cm on each side) a slow up hill ride from sanson to mt stewart where I stop to put the bike lights on and have some thing to eat before riding down hill then along the flat in to palmerston north where i get a flat tare then a bit of shopping then thought town and up a hill then down the last hill of the day then a bit of riding along the flats to tielcy park where i stayed the night

ymca camp to wanganui

ymca camp to wanganui 70 km

after packing up and putting some money in the box I head down the road riding up and down hills with some road works in the rain at one of the road works the nice road workers call me over to have moning tea with then when i go to stop i can’t get my feet unclep because of all the mud and the bike falls over with me still on it so I endit with mud up one side of me (what latter wash off with all the rain)after i pick up the bike and park it on the side of the road I had a nice chat to the worker and they give me some food to eat before they went back to work and i went back to riding up and down hills in the rain getting in to wanganui about 4 pm

ohakuuna to ymca camp

ohakuuna to ymca camp 40 km

a bit of a cold night (-4 c) with ice all over my tent and bike i slowley pack up my tent with ice still on it having to rub the tent poles as they had ice up then went into town to stock on food as i dont know where the next shop will be then went to the info center to work out what road to take I went down S.H.4 this time so I will do the river road some time then out of town riding along the road to raetihi where i stopped for some food then back on the road along some fun down hills and up some not so fun up hills - the road went more down then up untill i got to the raukawa falls where i stop to get some photos then just down the road to a ymca camp where i spend the night reading some books before going to bed about 10 pm

hamilton to some where

after packing up my tent I go back in to town to pick up a new gear cable as the one I pick up the day before did not work I head out of town to see some friends (horses and people) at rda spending a few hours there seeing the horses then went to my friends home to do a few things before leaving after dark to find some where to spend the night finding a camping ground spend the night there where i pay some money before i went off down the road

a day in hamilton

I had a day in hamilton to do a few things so about 8 am i had a look at the map to work out where to go to pick up my laptop from where it was sent to after it had been fix then off on the bike leaving most of my gear at the camping ground finding the place ok i picked up my laptop and then went to the bike shop to get some work done on the bike (with a short stop at a super marker to get some food ) spending a few hours at the bike shop getting the drive chain replace and head set replace (I had got the bike shop to order the parts in a week before as its a hard to find size in nz) also some other suff done on the bike

after the bike was back together I went the long way back to the camp ground along the river side track with a side trip into town to get a new gear cable as part way along the track the back gears stop working as the bike shops are close I try a few place finding one in kmart of all places then back on the road to the camping ground where i play with my laptop for a few hours before going back to my tent to sleep for the night

masterton to hamilton by bike and train

after packing up my tent and having a look around town I went to the train station to get the train from masterton to wellington -bike are free on this train -getting into wellington about 15 mins late (not that I worry about suff like that) i went along the water front to find the the info center to get a map of wellington and to work out where to spend the night then off to see the esnz ofice to do a few things before getting a train out to porirua to one of the few camping grounds near wellington.

After a bit of map work i find out where the camp ground is (up a big hill) where I book in for 2 night at $10 a night and set up my tent the next day I go for a walk in to porirua where there is a few big shopping centers that I have a look around and then spend most of the day in the library (yes I do spend a lot of time in librarys) after dark i walk back up to the camping ground and pack up some of my gear so there is lest to to in the Morning as it will be a early start as i need to get a train back into wellington before getting the the train north

up at 4:15 am to pack up my tent and get down to the train station to get into wellington before 6:45 am (so I can get my bike on the train north easy) at porirua station a pack my back into its case (the bike trailer) so I can get it on and off trains easy (also because wellington trains only take 2 bikes on each train I know i can get on the train to wellington on time and not miss the train north ) I get in to wellington train station and find out where the train going to hamilton leaves from (the other side of the station -good the thing the case with the bike in it has wheels on it) after getting on the train I find out i missed out on a window seat so I spend most of the trip out on the front of the carriage looking at suff going past and taking photos

at about 5:30 pm the train gets into hamilton where I take the bike out of the case and ride off to find the camping ground for the night

i still working on how to add photos on to this blog

eketahuna to masterton

a nice ride in the sun from the small town of eketahuna to masterton starting with a slow ascent of mt bruce passing anzac bridge on the way up then a fun down hill ride along the flats with a few up and down stopping at a shop called ree red barn where I got some food before getting in to masterton stoping at the info place to get a train ticket to go from wellington to hamilton only to find they dont sell then so I went to the aa to book the train to hamilton after that I went and saw some people in town before going to the library for a few hours. just as itt was getting dark I went to find a camp site (with lights on the bike) for the night

on a bike tour

palmerston north to eketahuna 62km

time to go some where on a bike tour

after spending 1/2 the night packing (now where did I put all my camping gear ) I get on the road about 9am as I‘m going to eketahuna hard camp (what starts in a few days) I have got my long bow on my bike trailer with a flag on the end of the bow as the bow is about 1.6 m long so sticking out about 50 cm behind the trailer. a side trip up to the shop to get some food then up the pahiatua track that goes over the tararua range. stopping at the top to get some photos then a fast down hill to the tune off where I go along the back roads thought a few small towns then onto the main road S.H.2 to the small town of eketahuna where I go and see a friend for a bit then head up to the shop to get some food for the next 2 days then I head down to the camping ground and set up for the night.

riding a long the riverbanks

went for a ride on the tracks along the river and streams around palmerston north today going to the end of the walkway and then going back the way I came on the walkway I did about 85 km by the time I got back to where I am staying with a side trip into town (the last 16 km in the dark with my lights on-night riding is fun) there was a lot of people using the walk ways what is nice to see (and I saw a lot of dogs getting walk (maybe 40+dogs ) I went past the 2 (horse) race courses -Thoroughbred and harness racing -the walk way passes right next to then (no bikes allow on the walk way next to the thoroughbred race course between 5am and 9am each day (as horses are being work then) on one of the side stream walk ways (there is a few side tracks going along beside streams) i had some ducks and geese come right up to me. at one place there was some fun tracks though some pine tree that i was having fun on (until I came off the bike -just a small cut and a sore knee from where the handlebar hit me) I was riding my mountain bike as the track is uneven in places (my mountain bike has front suspension and brakes and i ride it in places i don't want to ride my bike friday (my bike friday can be used off road but the rear derailleur hangs a bit to low for riding on track with a lot of big rocks)

so now i know where the walk way goes to now - it is a nice way to get a round town off the roads and away from the cars (it's not that i don't like the idea of cars it's more the way they are used what i don't like (and having been hit a few times I don't think much of the way a lot of people drive- it's my blog so I get to say what I think about cars and the people who use then)

It was a nice way to spend 1/2 a day on the bike ( about 6 hours by the time I stoped to talk to people and to take photos

see photos below