Saturday 6 December 2008

Day 15 Tuatapere to Te anau

HEADWINDS !!! just HEADWINDS !

from 10am till 7pm we battled headwinds. The wind channeling down the valley so no matter which way we turned it hit us face on.

With no services for 80K we had no choice as we only carried a days food !

From New Zealand Cycle tour


Clifden Bridge

From New Zealand Cycle tour

The hills were big

From New Zealand Cycle tour

following the tour of southland has its advantages .... we passed through the "hurt box" and then there was the "alp`d blackmount"

From New Zealand Cycle tour

Hills near Manipouri

From New Zealand Cycle tour

Debbie winning the womans Luxmore Grunt

From New Zealand Cycle tour

Te Anau from the control gates
From New Zealand Cycle tour

Hills over Te Anau lake

Very Random day. Sat in a Manipouri cafe and got speaking to a local who invited me out on a ride to Moke Creek. Turned out he was Marcus Roys father (a rather famous MTBer in NZ who came over the WC at Fort william)

1 comment:

The Taylors said...

Great pictures on this leg Terry. It's scenery overload. I could do with a week's "tramping" there myself. On the routes for the elderly and the infirm of course. Sun keep on shining for ya!