Yay: awesome ride out of raglan into the dawn. Only one real torrential downpour. Excellent date scone and coffee at Whatawhata. River trail around Hamilton lovely and fast! Bike very happy after new chain lube purchased. Mamaku climb much more fast and fun than expected! Then zoom down to the finish – lovely to have Pete and Erik there to meet us and chat. While today was my new longest ever distance – 216km – it felt by far the easiest day! Helped by a better sleep last night and a number of nice food stops.
Boo: choking on either a fly or bit of muffin in Hamilton then coughing for next 20 mins. Slightly vicious rolling climbs into Putaruru. Accidentally dropping bike into pool of foetid water by Mamaku barricades oops.
Thanks Pete for organising another awesome event and thanks Brent for company/mutual suffering. 4 days feels like a big achievement!