Little River Rail Trail

Mum turned 70 this month, and to celebrate, she biked 70 km, well more than that as it turned out. Our family traveled up to Lincoln Sunday evening, with Shadow boarding at the SPCA kennels, and all our bikes in a trailer. Mum and Dad were on the path at the crack of dawn, but we managed to get the kids fed and on their bikes by nine, and we connected with them at Prebbleton. Mum and Dad had biked to Hornby and back by this stage.
Morning tea was at Sue's place in Lincoln, in their lovely brand new house. The kids stayed put while Duncan, Mum, Dad and moi carried on through Tai Tapu and connected with the rail trail and Motukurara, via a small detour. We met up with the rest of teh gang at the quarry, including my brother Tim who had traveled non stop from Guinea to surprise mum. Very cool! I'd done 43 kms by then, and I'd had enough, not being biking fit, but the others carried on to Little River and then back some of the way. Mum stopped at 83 kms, which is awesome!
We've had a lovely family time, and we're just off to Dunedin for a wedding.