We leave our bikes at the bottom and climb to the top of the mountain overlooking Hawkes Bay at the Otatara Pa Historic Reserve.
Time to fix up the only puncture during our ride. Our ride finished today when we returned to Napier after today after 260km.
SEVENTEEN cyclists from the U3A Organisation are on a five day bicycle trip around the Hawkes Bay Area in the North Island of New Zealand.
Monday, March 11: Our ride finished today when we returned to Napier after today after 260km
Murray Porteous (head in paper), Graham Swann, Frank Howell.
Chris Birmingham, Pat Simmonds, Beverly Reeves, Vivien Carlsson.
Lunch time on the road near Waipawa. Today was a 63 km leg between Waipawa and Hastings. From left .. David Sallows, Pat Simmonds, Trevor Simmonds
Carole Clark, Anne Stone, Vivien Carlsson.
Jim Birmingham, Murray Porteous, Frank Howell, Ken Busfield (Our leader and the best cyclist in our Group)
Lunch time on the road near Waipawa.
Lunch time on the road near Waipawa.
Geoff Soper, Rowley Warren
The U3A Redland NZ cycling tour group: (back from left) John Reeves ,Birkdale; Murray Porteous, Cleveland; Arnold Eggins, Birkdale; Graham Swann, Alexandra Hills; Trevor Simmonds, Thorneside; Frank Howell, Cleveland; Jim Birmingham, Cleveland David Sallows, Cleveland; Roley Warren, Thornlands (front from left) Vivien Carlsson, Cleveland; Carole Clark, Birkdale; Anne Stone . Cleveland, Pat Simmonds, Thorneside; Beverley Reeves, Birkdale Chris Birmingham’, Cleveland; Geoff Soper, Cleveland Ken Busfield (Leader front) of Cleveland.
John Reeves getting ready for the NZ Bike Ride
Sunday, March 10: The cycle trip stops over at one of many wineries in the Hawkes Bay Area. The limestone covered cycling tracks are great to travel on and except for a head wind we made good time over the 50 kilometres or so. The apple and peach picking season is in full swing but it is so so so dry.
