It Takes Two
NZ is a meat eaters paradise and most pub menus are heavily meat-based. Steak and lamb shank are ubiquitous at about ten quid but occasionally the anti is raised and a double lamb shank is offered for a few dollars more. Trust me, once you have had a double lamb shank there is no going back!
We had jolly tea in the Waipu pub and a good night's sleep and woke to find a huge wind blowing straight from the southwest. It was 76 very hilly miles today and with the wind we had to fight for every mile. For the first 50 miles we followed highway 1, though the traffic was light as today is a public holiday and few trucks were running. We then turned off to follow the Hibiscus Coast (so called because the proper name of Hilly as a Bastard Coast would deter the tourists). In total we climbed about 7000 feet (which is plenty) and I reckon our ride equated to a 100 miles of normal terrain. We are on the northern outskirts of Auckland, holed up in a motel and cooking pasta to fix a pretty big calorie deficit. Tomorrow morning we have a sea voyage across the harbour and NZ's biggest city to cross.
We had jolly tea in the Waipu pub and a good night's sleep and woke to find a huge wind blowing straight from the southwest. It was 76 very hilly miles today and with the wind we had to fight for every mile. For the first 50 miles we followed highway 1, though the traffic was light as today is a public holiday and few trucks were running. We then turned off to follow the Hibiscus Coast (so called because the proper name of Hilly as a Bastard Coast would deter the tourists). In total we climbed about 7000 feet (which is plenty) and I reckon our ride equated to a 100 miles of normal terrain. We are on the northern outskirts of Auckland, holed up in a motel and cooking pasta to fix a pretty big calorie deficit. Tomorrow morning we have a sea voyage across the harbour and NZ's biggest city to cross.
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