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Since I really loved the previous<\/a> cycling trip I decided to go on another one: the Great<\/a> Taste<\/a> Trail<\/a>. It’s supposed to start at the i-SITE in Nelson<\/a>, which I couldn’t find because they have renamed it the Nelson Visitor Information Centre, which I did manage to find<\/p><\/div>
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I will use this<\/a> very spot as the start of the track though, I hope the rest of the track is just as clearly marked<\/p><\/div>
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Looking up from the previous photo, and I’m on my way!<\/p><\/div>
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Some information about the trail, here<\/a> a link to a complete map of the trail<\/p><\/div>
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Nelson Art, it looks like it will be a nice sunny day<\/p><\/div>
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Not for very long as a few minutes later this is the weather<\/p><\/div>
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As long as I’m in Nelson the trail is on this kind of surface<\/p><\/div>
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They did a good job keeping the trail separate from the main traffic, mostly the trail is on dedicated cycles lanes<\/p><\/div>
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The weather is improving again<\/p><\/div>
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Photo taken from ‘Monaco<\/a>‘<\/p><\/div>
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The Waimea Inlet<\/p><\/div>
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On final approach for Nelson Airport<\/p><\/div>
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Not much traffic, great!<\/p><\/div>
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Many, many grapevines<\/p><\/div>
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Cows seeking shelter from the blistering sun<\/p><\/div>
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Must be good living here<\/p><\/div>
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If I’m not mistaken these bridges (there’s more of them) were built especially for this trail<\/p><\/div>
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Me on the other side, I’ve done about 20 km or so now<\/p><\/div>
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Bike and pannier carriers are holding up fine<\/p><\/div>
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Such stunning views today<\/p><\/div>
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Brightwater, the birthplace of Sir Ernest<\/a> Rutherford<\/a>, the only<\/strong> Kiwi worthy of being revered worldwide<\/p><\/div>
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Me with a statue depicting a young Ernest<\/p><\/div>
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And what a great physicist he was!<\/p><\/div>
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Anyway, the trail continues, I think this is what you could call a rustique farm<\/p><\/div>
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St. John’s Anglican Church in Wakefield<\/a><\/p><\/div>
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More Wakefield<\/p><\/div>
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Pretty mural<\/p><\/div>
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Kids who like mountain biking will have a good time here<\/p><\/div>
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Another one of those bridges<\/p><\/div>
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I’ve cycled about 30 km now and I have a stop at Fairfield<\/a> Berries<\/a> where I get myself a $10 punnet of amaaaaazing strawberries<\/p><\/div>
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Om nom nom<\/p><\/div>
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I also got myself a super fresh ice cream with Boysenberry, so good. Fairfield Berries, I’ll be back!<\/p><\/div>
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The trail continues just south of the Wai-iti River through some lovely pine forest<\/p><\/div>
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These kind of houses are so much nicer than what they are currently building all over Christchurch<\/p><\/div>
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I’m now on a loooong climb, the road is only going up and up and up<\/p><\/div>
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And then they have these metal barriers in the ground, I guess to keep non-cyclists out<\/p><\/div>
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But guess what! It’s another typical case of ‘Kiwi Ingenuity’ where they (almost, I lifted the rear of my bike) prevent access to the very means of transportation this trail was designed for : the bicycle, I guess a whole team of managers signed off on this awesome idea…<\/p><\/div>
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After a long and tiring climb I make it to the Spooners<\/a> Tunnel<\/p><\/div>
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Proof: me, and the tunnel<\/p><\/div>
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This tunnel is 1325 m long<\/p><\/div>
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About halfway in, without my head torch it’s of course absolutely pitch black in here<\/p><\/div>
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Past the tunnel and continuing towards Koh\u0101tu<\/p><\/div>
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Sometimes the trail dives under little bridges and continues on the other side of the road<\/p><\/div>
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Soon I’ll be in Tapawera<\/a><\/p><\/div>
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Yes!<\/p><\/div>
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Tapawera<\/p><\/div>
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I must have done over 70 km by now and I still have energy to continue so I cross the Motueka River and start looking for a place to camp<\/p><\/div>
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Luckily I’m at a safe distance from the Alpaca, I don’t trust them (with their spitting)<\/p><\/div>
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After 81 km and 7.5 hours I found a place to camp, next to a flowing river, all’s good!<\/p><\/div>
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Map of today’s trip: from Nelson on the right to not far from the Wangapeka River Bridge on the left<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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