Early morning ride

Sunday morning.

I left home just before 7.00am for a ride around the Elsthorpe loop.   I decided to anticlockwise but a few kms down Middle road and came up to heavy fog.   That prompted me to turn around and do the ride the other way. 

The ride was TeMata Road, Waimarama Road, Kahuranaki Road, Elsthorpe Road, Middle Road.  Very nice roads and no traffic.

I was home at 8am.  

Hawkes Bay Toy Run

The Toy Run was a benefit ride for Birthright.  

I headed into the start point in Plunket Road Hastings just after 1000hrs.  There were some 400 bikes, many HDs and a few old bikes.  

The ride departed the start just after 1100hrs and we headed for Anderson Park in Napier via Havelock North and Ahurihi.   Lunch was BBQ sausage in bread.   It was a warm day and a good ride. 

I left early and headed home.

2 weeks ago

Have not had many rides.  Two weeks ago did a little ride from Havelock North to Napier and back via a few back roads.  Only a short time on the bike of less than an hour.  It was good and I saw parts of HB had'nt seen.

Tomorrow a Toy Run with HB Ulysses is a real possibility.

First Ride from Havelock North

The Hayabusa was moved to Havelock North when we shifted home and first ride was Sunday 25/08/2013.   I only had time for a short ride and did a loop from Havelock North around the back of Te Mata Peak, over the Tuki Tuki bridge and along the Eastern side of the river to Haumoana.  This side of the river is a nice road with some interesting corners, marked with 35 and 25km advisory speeds.   I finished the loop back to Te Mata road into the village and back home.

Sunday Ride

Alan had a ride planned to Martinborough for Sunday.   I joined him at his place around 10:30am and we headed straight to Martinborough.  We stopped for lunch at at cafe on the road into the square and then headed to Greytown, Carterton, back roads to Martinborough and then back over the hill.  At Mayborn we took the back roads to the Short Straw Cafe in Whitemans valley, for another coffee and then home.

The weather was mixed - rain on the hill, some spits in the rapa and it got cold.  It was warmer in the valley and at home.

Arrived home at 4.30pm.   252Kms.

TCWNR 20 Feb

There were 27 bikes at the Duck Pond.  I left early and a few minutes behind Guy to go as far as Kaitoke.   We watched as they went past in 3 groups and then headed home.

Ashhurst

 Friday I visited WMC to see what was new.

Today was a Ulysses long ride, or it was meant to be, but not so long for me.

Left home: 0905hrs
Arrived Brown Owl  0935
Headed over hill  1014
Paihatua for fuel 1152
On road 1205  - a long stop
Stopped at Windfarm  1226   S40 18.061 E175 49.316
Lunch in Ashhurst 1247 to 1406 - to long
Headed home via the gorge and Mangamarie.
Arrived home 1648hrs




This could have been a better ride with less time stopped.  Lunch took so much time I didn't have time to fit in Vinegar hill and the long ride back,


388Kms  Ave Speed 49km/hr.

Waitangi Day Ride

Being a Wednesday I make an early afternoon start to meet up at the Duck Pond.  My ride was up SH1 to Mana and then across and up Haywards.   To fill in time I road around the Hutt hills and then up to Silverstream.  At 6.15pm I arrived at the Duck Pond to meet the group.  At 6.40pm we left and while they headed over the hill I turned off at Haywards and took to SH1 route to home.