Last Sunday finally saw the cold spell fall and break it’s back.
We’ve been suffering for a while as the weather kept the shorts and t-shirts we’d washed in anticipation remain packed in their winter tombs. Saturday dawned to a magnificent sky and the lawns and I, who had not been on speaking terms for months, were finally reacquainted via our mutual friend the Masport mower.
It felt so good to get outside and feel the centre of the universe beating down upon my back after what has seemed like months and months of indifferent token showings. Getting a sweat up whilst mowing my pathetic city lawn is something that does bring a smile to my face.
With the weather gods smiling, and after long avoiding this site, we finally pulled the bike out of the garage and rode out the long way to Bastion Point to take some photos of black beauty. I’ve managed to dedicate some time to the roadtrip site as well, and have got some really nifty software addons working now, including a pretty good image gallery.
I’ve uploaded the gallery here:
We’re right in the midst of planning for our trip, with the commencement date of December 22 fast approaching. We’ve had a slightly major setback from Myra’s work, in that they have declined her application for 4 weeks leave, so we are trying to work out how we can get right around the south island in two weeks, when we originally and planned for 3 (the fourth week was to get down to the bottom and back to the top of the North island). I am sure we will work out a way but it is a disappointment to cut the trip short. In saying that, we’ll probably be quite weary after 21 days in the saddle, so three weeks may just be the magic balance.
