Last night we had a good evening catching up with people I’ve ridden with for the past few days, and made a few new friends.
An early start this morning for the boat ride across from Puoto Point to Helensville. Bikes loaded and down to the beach by 0630. Then all the bags had to be removed to be loaded onto the top of the boat. This took about an hour to load about 35 bikes. The ride across lasted 3 hours, then another hour to unload the bikes, reattach all the bags then head off. A quick bite in Helensville and all of the sudden it was noon, and I had only cycled a few km! Yikes….get going!!!! A fellow rider - Elizabeth offered for me to stay at her parent’s place….how sweet…I’m really looking forward to meeting them….they lived in Kaslo for several years. Kaslo is our favourite place to ride, and we visit there every year, so I know that they are wonderful people.
The ride to Auckland was along a busy road for about 15 km, and then quieter roads, then a bike path….all tarmac 😀. I headed directly to Bennys Bike Shop to change out my tires. I need more agressive tires for the upcoming gravel roads. They were just amazing, not only did they find the tires I needed in the right size, but installed them, cleaned my chain and adjusted my brakes….all for the cost of the tires, they didn’t charge me any labour!
Cycled back to Elizabeth’s place where a feast awaited me….Della is an amazing chef and dad Dave kept me entertained! Such a lovely evening, dinner and wine, shower, laundry and a huge bed! Magnificent. ❤️
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You’ll be well set with the upgraded tyres :) And a bed must have been bliss!
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