Rail Trail Report
We knocked off the short stretch between Clyde and Alexandra on Easter Monday, a shake down ride after a day spent packing and traveling. After a night at the Alexandra Tourist Park, we headed off in the morning. Zach left his backpack at home, and we discovered his shoes were disintegrating so we nipped into town to pick up some new shoes. Chris put the brand new cycle computer on my bike, and Dad got the kids started. We were off!
We cycled as far as Ahripo, after the tunnels, and it was the prospect of those two tunnels that kept Hannah going. We walked some of Tiger Hill - hey, it's a long way for an eight year old! Dad thought he'd lost his medication,so they back tracked to find it. Turns out it was in the car all along! The computer stopped counting distances after a while but I managed to get the cadence function online.
Finding our accomodation was a challenge! We stayed in the Moa Creek Hotel, which is pretty basic, but up a step from the stone cottages. We took the long way around to find it, but got there in the end, lovely big warm fire, it was all good.
The next day, we picked up where we left off, a nice downhill run into Oturehua, after refueling at the local transport place. No tunnels today, but interesting country all the same. We reached the highest point on the trail today, and Nanny arrived just in the nick of time to encourage Hannah to the top.
The third night we stayed in Ranfurly, mum and dad in the motor camp, and we stayed with our friend Stephanie, who is the minister there. We had a great time catching up.
Finally we hopped on the trail again. Hannah was pretty tired, so we popped her bike on the trailer when we set off through the long straight bit from Ranfurly, and she jumped back on again at Daisybank for the interesting bit through the gorge and another tunnel! The big girls weren't that impressed, but kept going, despite sore muscles and sore posteriors.
Zach was awesome, had a great attitude, and saw the whole adventure as good training for soccer.
Finally, we managed to get the cycle computer back online - turns out the position of the sensors is Really Important - who knew!
We were a week too early for fabulous autumn colours but the weather was wonderful, either no wind or a gentle breeze from behind most of the way. There were lots of famiiles in all sorts of combinations, and we've had a great family adventure.
We cycled as far as Ahripo, after the tunnels, and it was the prospect of those two tunnels that kept Hannah going. We walked some of Tiger Hill - hey, it's a long way for an eight year old! Dad thought he'd lost his medication,so they back tracked to find it. Turns out it was in the car all along! The computer stopped counting distances after a while but I managed to get the cadence function online.
Finding our accomodation was a challenge! We stayed in the Moa Creek Hotel, which is pretty basic, but up a step from the stone cottages. We took the long way around to find it, but got there in the end, lovely big warm fire, it was all good.
The next day, we picked up where we left off, a nice downhill run into Oturehua, after refueling at the local transport place. No tunnels today, but interesting country all the same. We reached the highest point on the trail today, and Nanny arrived just in the nick of time to encourage Hannah to the top.
The third night we stayed in Ranfurly, mum and dad in the motor camp, and we stayed with our friend Stephanie, who is the minister there. We had a great time catching up.
Finally we hopped on the trail again. Hannah was pretty tired, so we popped her bike on the trailer when we set off through the long straight bit from Ranfurly, and she jumped back on again at Daisybank for the interesting bit through the gorge and another tunnel! The big girls weren't that impressed, but kept going, despite sore muscles and sore posteriors.
Zach was awesome, had a great attitude, and saw the whole adventure as good training for soccer.
Finally, we managed to get the cycle computer back online - turns out the position of the sensors is Really Important - who knew!
We were a week too early for fabulous autumn colours but the weather was wonderful, either no wind or a gentle breeze from behind most of the way. There were lots of famiiles in all sorts of combinations, and we've had a great family adventure.
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