Blog: Meet Domestique
woollypigs Highlights: Rain, knife making, pancake rocks, limestone arches, lakes and mountains.
2012
Blog: Queen Charlotte Track and a painful dilemma
Highlights: Ferry, warmshowers, mountain biking the Queen Charlotte Track, bays, stunning views, broken hands.
Ouch! Cycle tourer suffering from numb, painful hands, arms & shoulders
I was sure that I had the perfect bike set-up: Mary Bars from On-One, racer stem, and Ergo grips. This has worked perfectly for around a year before we took…
Blog: New Zealand, North Island : Onwards through the centre
Hot Water Beach, Tauranga, Rotorua, Taupo, National Park, Pipiriki, Wanganui – 414km (Total 6895km cycled) Highlights: Active volcanoes, ice cream, wonderful hospitality, hot mineral pools, rainforests. Day 309 – November…
Blog: New Zealand, North Island – Coromandel Peninsular
Auckland, Thames, Coromandel, Whitianga, Cathedral Cove, Hot Water Beach – 362km (Total 6481km cycled) Highlights : Wild camping in Auckland, tailwinds, stunning views, new friends, hot water beaches and getting…
Blog: New Zealand, North Island – Northland
Auckland, Helensville, Dargaville, Whangarei, Russell, Doubtless Bay, Kaitaia – 569km (Total 6119km cycled) Highlights: Back in New Zealand, cycling with friends, Boysenberry ice cream, beautiful views and surprisingly good driving…
Blog: Olympic National Park, Seattle and the San Juan islands
Seattle – Aberdeen (via San Juan islands) – 1046Km (Total 5550km cycled) Highlights: Beautiful weather, beautiful views, beautiful orcas and beautiful sunsets. A reminder of the joys of cycle touring!…
Review: Showers Pass Elite 2.1 – update from the road
peliroja We've had another visit to the Showers Pass offices in Portland, replacement jacket a lovely electric blue colour
Blog: Driving Miss Peli
Santa Fe, via Yellowstone, Missoula to Portland, Or. – 0Km cycled but 2200 miles driven (Total 4570km cycled) Highlights : Endless roads, Dinosaurs, Old Faithful, The two J’s, Glacier National…
Blog: Two steps forward and one step back
Santa Barbara – Santa Fe – 65Km (Total 4570km cycled) Highlights : Train ride, great warmshowers hosts, Wiggos Gold in the Olympics, New Mexico green chilli, brilliant emergency staff. Day…