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07/11/2014
Springs Junction to Greymouth
A
cold night with a frosty start. The road was quiet but went
immediately into a 9km climb which soon got us sweating despite the
cold. The Kennett brothers book described this section as amongst the
best on the planet and with an abundance of snow capped mountains,
babbling streams with waterfalls galore and a gentle long descent
through 40 km's of beech forest it was hard to disagree. The NZ beech
doesn't look anything like it's European namesake though. I guess
cycling at this time of year in NZ means that it often is still quite
cold and wet but you do still get snow on lots of mountain tops which
does give that extra sparkle.
At
Reefton we turned 90º to the SW and the gentle wind became a
headwind which slowly picked up as we made our way to the West coast
and Greymouth. I was very grateful to tuck in behind Malc and let him
catch the worse of the wind. The scenic back road to Blackball was
really pretty. There were some beautiful river crossings.With tiring legs and a fair way to go there was only one thing to do to power up. Headphones on and Alabama 3 for Malc, Idiot Wind and The Tallest Man on Earth for Marjet.
is that a place name , or a description of the sound of your joints?
ReplyDeletesome lovely photos to brighten up some miserable weather back here- winter has definately arrived