Herceptin Riders Peaceful Protest Ride

[Nasty]

Well day two is done ... and there was some excitement .... we left New Plymouth and rode through to Waitomo for Lunch ... arrived slightly late but had time for some kai at curleys bar ... (great food and so on my diet) ... from there it was otrohanga for gas ... then off to Auckland .... which was interesting .... somehow we lost our support vehicle and then found him (broken - he did get fixed) ... we passed quickly through Hunterville then off up the motorway to Auckland ... which at peak hour was fun!! ... we managed to stay together as a group which meant we all got where we needed ....

Press was at Skycity ... and we had a great welcome .... a number of kbers turned up YAY .. was great to meet Frost MDU mahaman and mom ... and Jorja .... and I don't know who I missed .. sorry I got a crappy memory!

TODAY
we ride to Tauranga ... I think we are doing a version of the Coro Loop ...we are staying at the Boulevard Spa ... not sure of eta there but should be before or around 5 ish ....

oh well off for a morning shower and breakfast before preping for the day .... have a great one guys .. .when you see a pile of bikes decorated in pink with bras on them know that you have found us!

cheers
Nasty

PS thanks Sun for looking after the lover and making him stop!

[ynot slow]

Well done guys,really annoyed to be unable to travel with you,as said many thanks for the offer of a freeby Max,but as we prepare for the bros' wedding thoughts are for a safe and rewarding trip to all.Glad you enjoyed the coffee and atmosphere of the naki.

[Nasty]

Well yesterday we were escourted out of Auckland by members of Ulysys and WIMA ... we went to Whangamata for Lunch (best non burger burger I ever had) ... and then down to Tauranga ... we enjoyed company during a dip in the pool to cool down after a hot ride .. and then regrouped for a BBQ ... great food ... a little to drink (water for me) ... and then chat and bullshit all night) YAY!!!

The full group is now together .. .and today is a free day to make our way to Opotiki .... a few are going Rotorua ... me and mike are thinking of becoming cafe queens and stopping to sip coffee at all stops ...

Oh well ... will check in by tomorrow morning and will have all the details for the final days ride into Wellington!!!!

Cheers muchly ... Nasty

[chanceyy]

sounds like your having an awesome ride hun .. take care and will look forward to catching up soon

[McDuck]

see you ladies on wed.
Looking forward to it. (given the pink bras maby a be a threat to my manhood...)

[Grub]

see you ladies on wed....)

Wednesday?

They're coming past your place on Tuesday. Monday is Opotiki-Gisborne, Tuesday is Gizzie-Masterton and Wednesday morning is Masterton to Parliament, arriving at 12 noon.

[McDuck]

Wednesday?

They're coming past your place on Tuesday. Monday is Opotiki-Gisborne, Tuesday is Gizzie-Masterton and Wednesday morning is Masterton to Parliament, arriving at 12 noon.

Well in the PM it said monday the 11th, so i am going to go with waht ever day is the 11th

[chanceyy]

Wednesday?

They're coming past your place on Tuesday. Monday is Opotiki-Gisborne, Tuesday is Gizzie-Masterton and Wednesday morning is Masterton to Parliament, arriving at 12 noon.

Nasty wants everyone to know that its crappy reception in Opotiki so she will not be posting tonite .. btw grub nasty is in my ear at the moment .....

Well in the PM it said monday the 11th, so i am going to go with waht ever day is the 11th

monday is the 10th and tues is the 11th ..

[McDuck]

Somthing has come up and i can not get to the ride in guzzi. Will defently meet people (probebly on the road about 100kms out form napier) or at napier itself.

[MIXONE]

So is the return to Welly Tues or Wed.I want to try and get some photos around Plimmerton.

[McDuck]

So is the return to Welly Tues or Wed.I want to try and get some photos around Plimmerton.

wed...........

[Nasty]

Photos at Plimmerton should have been taken last week .... when we left.

We are returning over the takas ... anyway will post more later.

[ManDownUnder]

Good luck today ladies and laddies... paint 'the town pink!

[Nasty]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4436627a10.html

Already in the papers!!

[Grub]

What a great ride and inspiring day today!

A whole heap of 'Rapa bikes tirned up at Solway this morning along with at least Mrs Kendog from Welly. Thirty-two bikes formed up into a slow convoy over the hill. No hooning this morning (we won't mention yesterday) as the group wanted t stay tight for the impact it caused.

One of the tough things with a large group is getting split by cars and/or lights but today it didn't happen. Because we were doing 90ish and staying tight, no cars broke into the line (that I could see from the front anyway) and Maxine and I as leaders managed to catch every light on the orange all the way into and through town ... the odds on that are not even computable. So we were all able to bunch up and arrive at parliament together at 12:14 for a 12:15 target - woo hoo.

Fron the Stuff article Nasty posted you can see it went down really well and it shoudl also make the Prime and TV3 News at 5:30 and 6:00 respectively.

Well done to the 10 riders who made the committment to do the whole 7 days and 2,094kms --- what legends! (including my lovely Nasty, its nice to have her home)