Bike Boxes at the ready

Boxing the bikes. Most people are busy wrapping and boxing things at the moment. Our boxing had a different look to it however, as we set about getting the bikes boxed up for their journey. This bit was so much easier with the Bromptons, but it will be great having real touring bikes when we get to NZ. 

So O.K the bikes are sealed up, open up the mince pies some one!Its a good job that I luck checked this text before this goes out as the original said "Most people are busy raping and boxing " which sounded more like marauding Vikings!

New Zealand 2014

We intend to do our next big trip to New Zealand!

Not on Brompton Bikes this time. We will start the holiday with our good friend Loretta. Loretta is a New Zealand lass and we have ridden with her in the UK over the last two years with our cycle club. Now she has returned home and is keen to show us her home country. We intend to ride with her on her end to end trip of North Island although we may take a few rest days with her mum, who is manning the support wagon. Then, in Wellington, we will say goodby to Loretta and her mum, Jan while we continue on down the West coast of the South Island to Queenstown. Once we have got far south we hope to meet up with a group of riders from Auckland who are doing an exciting cycle camping trip from Queenstown to Christchurch.