...and that Forgotten Highway.

This Saturday's weather was certainly an improvement over the last few weeks' - nice and sunny with very little wind.  And I had unfinished business carrying over from the previous weekend - a trip up Turakina Valley.

I didn't leave home until nearly 2pm as I was also on another mission (which may come up at some stage) and was looking forward to a nice relaxing ride without worrying about the time.  In Marton I stopped for fuel and also had to remove the waterproof liner from my jacket and open up the vents in the sleeves - yep, she was a warm one.

A quick skid on hot slippery tar on Makuhou Road got me to the very first bit of Turakina Valley Road.  For most of the length of the road it alternates between windy, narrow and bumpy tarmac to good gravel and back again.  A bit of everything and some great views too.
This guy was fairly slow lifting off, I had to brake and avoid

Road about to be getting better...Some of the gravel sections had a few rough corrugations on them and along the way the right hand mirror worked its way loose and was getting close to abandoning ship so a quick stop was called for take care of it and to take on some water.  Crap views though..

Dry and dusty TenereFurther on up the road there was actually some traffic.

The above guy was nice and polite but I decided that discretion was the better part of valour when this next guy hove into view...

Is there anybody out there"By ...