By Margaret Law and Maureen McRae Day 1, Saturday 7th August Thirteen keen cyclists met in the Main Street of Huntly at the end of the pedestrian bridge over the mighty Waikato River. Strong winds battered us right from the
By Maureen McRae and Ann Anderson Day 1, Friday 11 June Woke up this morning to perfect mild and dry weather. Being such a large group, we were split into two. Then off out the gate a couple of twists
By Reg Churton Five of us (Kathy, Reg, Allen, Sue and Janette) met at Kathy’s house at Mapua and found that Kathy’s husband Ian was an excellent cook. After consulting Metservice and seeing the rain forecast and the gale force
Day 1. Monday 10th May, 2021. Raetihi to Whanganui. Distance 80km, climbing 1030m. Sunday was a day of drizzle as we drove south to Raetihi. Thirteen keen cyclists checked into the Raetihi Holiday Park either in cabins or motorhomes. Next
By Lyn Jobbins, Maureen McRae and Louise Sinclair Day 1. Tuesday 13th April Today we split into two groups. Maureen leading the way. Off out the gate of the lovely Top 10 holiday park along the street for a short
By Deb Payne & Alan Small Day One: Monday 8th March – Otorohanga to Kawhia. 70 kms. 1078 m climbing https://ridewithgps.com/routes/35326539 Due to Auckland going into lockdown for a week, our trip was pushed out by two days which required
Colin Quilter In mid-March 2021 nine of us went to Aotea (Great Barrier Island) for five days. The trip was intended to be less of a conventional cycle tour, and more of a camping, walking and swimming holiday using bikes
Written by Janette Lloyd, photos from Sarah Ley-Bucherer Day 1 – 2nd February 69.3k, +254m Everyone decided on a 7.30 start because of the hot weather – there were 24 riders so we broke up into two bunches. First puncture
By Pieter Holl with photos from Annette, Margaret, Pieter & Sarah Day 1 – Tuesday 24 November 2020 – Auckland to Helensville. Distance 47kms It was with a twinge of apprehension that I made my way to the Auckland Domain
Wednesday 25th November Dargaville to Pouto Marae 68km. By Sarah Ley-Bucherer Marlene, Paul and Sarah started out in heavy rain heading south from the Band Rotunda, wondering what we were letting ourselves in for as much of the country was
By Lyn Jobbins This East Coast ACTA tour had been rescheduled from March to November 2020 due to the Covid 19 lockdown. On the Monday evening 11 keen cyclists gathered for a meeting in the dining area at Opotiki Holiday Park
By Lyn Jobbins and Maureen McRae It has been June since the last organized tour and with the Auckland August lockdown many ACTA cyclists were ‘chomping at the bit’ to get out and about again. Simon Bucherer, our tour coordinator,
By Sarah Ley-Bucherer Our first tour since getting out of lockdown saw us all excited to be out and about again. Unfortunately, the weather started with storms and gale force winds the Thursday night we all arrived. In the morning
By Maureen McRae The day before the tour we all met up at Queenstown while we waited for the Earnslaw steamboat to take us to Walter’s Peak. It was quite interesting seeing how everyone had set up their bikes. Ron,