Camping in New Zealand
woollypigs We spent nearly five weeks cycle touring in New Zealand on the south island and most nights we camped in our Blacks Octane 3 tent. As we found in Australia,…
wild camping
Wild camping
We 'camped wild' when we've failed to find a campsite for the night ...
Back inland (Omarama – Lake Tekapo)
Tired legs, flat country with very hilly views and great weather. Splashing out on a helicopter ride up and over and around Mt. Cook, absolutely fantastic. Day one : 09/11/10…
Camping in Australia
We didn’t do much camping in Australia as we were lucky to have wonderful friends who let us stay at theirs. However, we managed five nights on campsites, caravan parks…
All on board! (Clyde – Dunedin)
New wheel, meeting new friends for a guided tour on less-travelled tracks. Being gob-smacked by the service from bus companies down here. Warming up from frozen in a B&B next…
To the centre of NZ (Makarora – Queenstown)
Avoided the rain in the rain forest and got sunny views and rolling hills. Met some great Kiwis who took us on a guided tour along a river. Steep hill…
Across New Zealand (Christchurch – Hokitika)
Late arrival into Christchurch and “Jail” time, earthquake aftershock, very strong head winds and absolutely stunning views. Made these five first days a fantastic start to our stay in New…
What goes down must come up
Day 4 After breakfast Alan led us out for 30 odd miles, where we had a very nasty hill to climb, but the views were well worth it. Then we…
Leaving Luton, direction Lancashire
Day 1 We set off from London St. Pancras towards Luton, simply because that would allow us to avoid riding out of London, and also because our friend lives there.…