Remember how we were pretty happy with our new campspot near Taupo? We loved it so much we pretty much hung around for a whole week! Yep, it's that awesome. This week we also had our clutch replaced and we drove back up north to have our tanks fixed. So now we're ready to take … Continue reading Firsts
We finally got (slightly) further south! We’ve now reached Taupo, where we tackled yet another NZ Great Ride. Of course we also managed to squeeze in a casual bike ride, some running and two days of hard climbing/hiking. Let’s just call this one: a typical week in the life of Thomas & Myrthe. When we … Continue reading Taupo
After our Motu Trails adventure, it was weekend, which meant we would have friends from Auckland coming down to join us for some climbing! We drove back to Mangorewa Gorge, where we met up with Tim and Stu. We had been raving so much about this crag, that they were keen to check it out … Continue reading Climbing buddies
How we decided to test the limits of our cyclocross bikes (or perhaps the limits of our own cycling skills) on a 2-day, grade 4 mountain bike trail in horrible weather and how the van ended up at the Opotiki police station. One of the things on our NZ wishlist was to ride the Motu … Continue reading Motu Trails
