Taihape Tiki-tour
Well, glad I didn't go riding yesterday - it was a stinkin' hot, 30 degrees plus. But, I needed to go for a ride so hatched a plan for today...
I was up early and after walking the dog and doing some chores had the Tenere on the road just before 8:30. I had all the vents of my jacket and pants open, tinted visor down and 3L of water on my back...I was ready for a hot ride.
Riding out to Kimbolton the temperature was already 23 but it was quite nice with all the air coming through my vents. The road through to Pemberton was already showing signs of heat damage with the odd bit of slippery tar and loose metal to add to the fun.
From Pemberton I turned off towards Ohingaiti as I thought this would get me close to the piece of gravel I wanted to do on my way up to Taihape. I also planned in a stop for a few pics.
My route meant that a little bit of SH1 was in order but just short of Mangaweka I hung a left into Te Kapua Road. It turned out that this wasn't the road that I'd planned but it did turn into a nice little trip into the wop-wops.
The road was pretty tight and windy and the gravel reasonably yicky in places. It also took me up and down a few neat little climbs and the scenery was very nice.
Eventually I came across a sign warning me that I was approaching a stop in 200m. To my surprise the stop sign was back out on SH1 and I'd done a big loop which had definitely proven to not be the quickest way to Taihape...
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