So the first day of Bannockburn, the 31st of January, my birthday. Was invited to ride along with a bunch to do the Carrick town track. No experience on anything other than nice flat gravel, I thought “what could possibly go wrong” as I do quite often. Well…. my brain not being able to cope […]
Author: Jeroen
Leaving Christchurch and bikers don’t help each other anymore :O? (overdue Update 4)
So I spent a nice week in Christchurch enjoying the weather and the occasional rain but luckily not that much. Couch surfing at my mates place, someone I flatted with in Groningen for a while who’s now helping in the Christchurch rebuild. Somewhere that week we went surfing (my first time ever) for only about […]
In between updates
I’ve been working on a couple of videos and continuing going through all the footage that I’ve got. The results so far: #1 – some bits and pieces from the North Island at the start and after that it’s all the way from Picton (Queen Charlotte Drive) to the Bannockburn bikeweek #2 – My very […]
Skipping Milford Sound, who needs to see that place anyway (overdue Update 3)
“Please note that during the following story, my back still hurt like hell. Forgot to mention that in the previous update but I fucked it up taking the rear-drive out of the bike” The waiting game is over! Time to ride again, to Te Anau this time and onto Milford sound (or so I thought). […]