Dead Air

I've just given the box a bit of a tap on the side to get 'er back on station.  Let's see how it goes for a while...

Smithereens

I dream about going riding, having adventures, watching sunrises and sunsets from atop mountains, and being in far away places.  One of my most favourite places to go is a place I call Smithereens.  It's that drunken euphoria you can only reach by bicycle at the end of a long day of riding your favourite tracks with great friends.

I seldom get to Smithereens these days.  There is no good reason why, I just never quite get there.

Micro S24O - Kakepuku

I'd been thinking, planning and dreaming about bike packing for the past year or so. Looking for places I could ride to from home had left me with very few options, most of them not very exciting or attractive. I wanted somewhere a little bit out of the way where I'd be unlikely to run into or be discovered by anyone else. Megan had expressed an interest in coming with me and we'd spent the winter researching and buying the gear we needed.

Whakarewarewa Triptych

One, Tahi - Solo
With the start of the new year came my realisation that I was about to become a "school mum".  My days would get shorter as I would be dropping Oliver at school at 9am and returning to pick him up by 3pm.  This would undoubtedly put an end to my sneaky mid-week rides.  This prompted me to take a last blast to Rotorua on Friday 13th January.