Sore bums and strong wind

Today we drove out to a little place called ‘Little River’, where we would begin a 46km (27miles for the non-metric types) bike-ride along the ‘rail trail’ - called so because it winds along a disused railway. The route was flat and rounded the hills nicely (46k and steep climbs would have been asking too much for us novices). We strategically started with the wind in our faces so that hopefully we’d have a nice easy ride back with the wind pushing us along. Em and Paul lent us some mountain bikes and helmets for the day and we were away. The pace was comfortable - but fast enough with mother nature trying her best to blow us off our bikes.


Getting ready

We managed to do the first half of the trip in around 90min with our fuel stop at Motuaka Railway Station - the disused railway station associated with the line. We looked forward to a nice tailwind on the journey back, which unfortunately, due to a change in wind direction, only materialised in the last 5miles.


Paul can't handle Em's pace


Andrea all kitted out - even got the cycling shorts on ;)

In the end it was a tough cycle, but a cool way to see the scenery. The salt-lakes, coastline and beautiful hills lining our route were worth the effort and I tried my best to get some cool photos. Before heading back we rewarded ourselves in the best way possible - with an ice-cream.