Out to lunch: Paeroa to Waihi on the Hauraki Rail Trail

Sometimes you just have to scratch that itch. I'd ridden from Karangahake to Waikino with Oliver on the half-bike, but with the new section open all the way through to Waihi, I needed to check it out.

No TV and No Beer...

... make Homer something, something.  No riding and no racing make Mel something, something, too.

I took a slightly enforced break from riding over winter.  Slightly enforced because no one has said "no riding", but they did suggest there are certain things I should be avoiding (things that hurt).

For the past 18+ months I have had pain from two mildly herniated discs in my back and something strange going on giving me gip in my hip. I'm seeking treatment, but it is a slow road unlocking things have have been locked up for so long, unnoticed and untreated.