Around Mt Taranaki

March 19, 2019

A group photo tonight in Stratford under Mt Taranaki.

Today is the first of the 2 biggest days of the tour unless one opts for additional distance. Our ride as per the map took us 3/4 the way around Mt Taranaki. The first part was up, up, up but not too steep. Once we reached Pukeiti the worst but not all was over. Pukeiti is a beautiful garden known for its ferns and rhododendrons. The 90km ride with 4600ft of climbing was actually good fun. The mountain didn’t cooperate too much but a least there was no rain.

We have very interesting bikes on this tour. Here we have a 20 year old steel Lemond with probably 100,000 miles on it. Take note of the seat it looks the Keas have been eating it.

Then we have this hi-tech carbon Ritchie that breaks apart to fit in a suitcase.

Image not found :( — Checkout the sheep dogs hitching a ride on a quad vehicle.

A very hairy pig, I not sure which end is which.

Today's ride: 90 km (56 miles)
Total: 404 km (251 miles)

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