Tag: Makoura Lodge
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Along a river valley to Palmerston North
After having some coffee/tea and muesli in our cabin at Makoura, we coasted down the sweeping bends to the river level below, and then began the first big climb of the day. We were on gravel roads for about half the day, and so I deflated our tires to about 20 PSI before leaving to…
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Lots of sheep on (beautiful) endless hills
From Whanganui, we’ve headed basically due east, first stopping in a basic campground called Vinegar Hill in a picturesque turn of the river. The campground is run by the local council, with toilets, cold showers and water, but little else. It was a pretty long day at 45 miles and 3100 feet of climbing, and…