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Why New Zealand again?:What are the plans?

So, what's different this time?

Trial Run in Scotland

How do we get 6 into 4?

Getting there: the joys of air travel

Time in Auckland: socialising, spending and sauntering about

North Island Map & Route

Day1 Auckland to Orere Point : nice and easy does it for the first day

Day2 Orere Point to Tapu: battling the winds

Day3 Tapu to Thames: moving base camp

Day4 Thames : bike and hike day

Days 5-7 Tourist weekend in the Coromandel : mainly car and not much bike

Day 8 Waimou to Coromandel: short in distance but high in effort.

Day 9 Coromandel to Fletchers Bay: will the fame go to their heads?

Day 10 Fletchers Bay to Coromandel : the tandem does roughstuff.

Day 11 Coromandel Rest Day: but still a hill to tackle

Day12 Coromandel to Tairau: it's melting time

Day13 Tairua to Waihi: and still the hills go on

Day 14 Waihi: the monster eeling competition day

Day15-16 Waihi to Matamata: revised plans day

Day17 Matamata still: waterfalls at night & waterfalls at day

Day18 Matamata to Te Awamutu: wind,cloud,rain,dry,rain,dry etc

Day19 Te Awamutu to Te Kuiti: a short transition day

Day20-21 Te Kuiti to Pureora Forest Park: up to the forests for a mountain walk

Day 22 Pureora Forest to Taupo: back to the reality of a busy town

Day 23-24 Taupo to Brian & Sue's place: the meeting of two Thorn Tandems

Day 25 Reporoa to Taupo: back the way we came

Day26 Taupo to Eskdale: over the hills and far,far away

Days27-28 Eskdale to Hastings: a bit of a toughie

Day 29 Hastings: a short scenic bike ride to get the legs going again

Day 30 Hastings to Wanstead: lovely quiet country roads

Day31-32 Wanstead to Pongaroa and a rest day:more of those country roads

Day33-34 Pongaroa to Carterton: end of the country roads & end of the year

Day35 Carterton to Wellington: end of the North Island

Days36 - 39 Days off in Wellington:posivitely no cycling whatsoever

Days 40-41 Wellington to Picton: over to the South Island

South Island Map & Route

Days42-43 Picton to Blenheim: the hardest and longest way to get there

Blenheim to Hanmer Springs via the Molesworth Road

Day 44 Blenheim to Camden Station Backpackers: end of the tarmac for a while

Day45 Camden Station to Molesworth:cycle tourists everywhere

Day 46 Molesworth to Acheron: over the highest point and into rain

Days 47-49 Acheron to Hanmer Springs: back to real coffee and rest

Day 50 Hanmer Springs to Sedgmere Lakes: over the highest road in NZ

Days 51-52 Sedgmere Lakes to St Arnaud: rough roads before tarmac reappears

Day 53 St Arnaud to Murchison: not the direct route

Days 54-55 Murchison to Westport: down the Buller Gorge

Day 56 Westport to Punakaiki: start of the West Coast

Day57 Punakaiki -Fox River and return: a walk in the river

Days 58-59 Punakaiki to Greymouth: a nice gentle day for the legs

Day 60 Greymouth to Pukekura: more lovely sunshine and light winds

Day 61 Pukekura to Franz Josef : sunshine, light winds and snow capped mtns

Day 62 Franz Josef to Pine Grove: glacier diversion

Days 63-65 Pine Grove to Haast: another gem of a day then rest time

Day 66 Haast to Makarora; back riding in sinshine

Days 67-68 Makarora to Wanaka: short but scenically magic day and a rest day

Day 69 Wanaka to some grass by a river: in and out of Queenstown double quick

Day 70 grass by river to Te Anau: a gravel road too far

Days 71-73 Te Anau: going nowhere for this reason and that

Day 74 Te Anau to Tuatapere: back to sunshine and light winds

Day 75 Tuatapere to Riverton: short and easy

Days 76-77 Riverton to Invercargill: even shorter and easier and then a day off

Day 78 Invercargill to Curio Bay: into the Catlins region

Day 79 Curio Bay to Owaka: a day in the rain for a change

Day 80 Owaka to Waihola: a birthday ride day

Day 81 Waihola to Dunedin: big hills on the way to the big city

Days 82-83 Resting up in Dunedin

Day 84 Dunedin to Middlemarch: by train and not by bike

Day 85 Middlemarch to Ranfurly: on the rail trail

Day 86 Ranfurly to Omakau: still on the rail trail

Day 87 Omakau to Omakau: to the end of the rail trail and back

Day 88 Omakau to Naseby: back up the rail trail

Days 89-90: Weekend off at Naseby and Ranfurly

Day 91 Naseby to Dansey Pass Campsite: back climbing big hills again

Day 92 Dansey's Pass to Kurow: headwind stopped play

Day 93 Kurow to Lake Tekapo: over Hakataramea Pass

Day 94 Lake Tekapo to Fairlie: the first day of Autumn

Day 95 Fairlie to Mt Somers: all wrapped up

Day 96 Mt Somers to Glentunnel: back to shorts - just

Day 97 Glentunnel to Christchurch: hello boss

Days 98-100 Days off in Christchurch

Day101 Christchurch to Greymouth - by the TransAlpine Train

Day 102 Greymouth to Reefton: back riding again in sunshine

Day 103 Reefton to Inanghua Junction: a really short one

Day 104 Inangahua to Murchison: back to sunshine and shorts

Days 105-106 Murchison to St Arnaud

Days 107-8 St Arnaud to Blenheim: a super fast one

Days 109-110 Blenheim to Havelock: really winding down now

Day 111 Havelock to Picton: final riding day on the South Island

Days 112 - to the end: ferry, train and a bit of cycling

What now?

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