Tour de Ork

**Velox** · 1st January 2005, 21:06

Originally Posted by Posh Tourer :P

Good to hear you enjoyed it, how was Piha?

Didn't go to Piha in the end cause the weather was so crap! Had a good ride back yesterday though - sunny the whole way. I went via SH22 to see what all the fuss was about but something strange happened when I tried to go to Raglan (but gave up 5km after the turnoff when the road turned to gravel), cause I came back onto 22 (in theory anyway) and ended up in Ngarauwahia without going through Whatawhata or backtracking along 22. :sly: Hmmm. Either I invented a new road or I completely didn't notice Whatawhata.
Ok - just further consulted a map and it must have been a weird road to Raglan (not the usual one), because it did say 25kms, and it must have meant Raglan Harbour not the actual place. Sorry - just thinking out loud here. Good ride back though.

**Posh Tourer :P** · 1st January 2005, 21:11

Yeah the end of SH22 is gravel after Ngaruawahia-ish. Is it better than the takas? :P

mmm sun... lucky you.....

**Velox** · 1st January 2005, 21:24

Yeah the end of SH22 is gravel after Ngaruawahia-ish.
??? This gravel was way off 22 though, heading what I assumed (but that's not saying much) west towards the coast. Ah - who knows.

Is it better than the takas? :P
I think I prefer the Takas (except they're so short) because the straights on "22" don't do much for my bike - I like the twisty stuff. But then again I was trying to work out where on earth I was the whole time so maybe I wasn't getting into it as much as I could've.

Stupid thing - stuffing up my quotes.

**Motu** · 1st January 2005, 22:06

To be heading west down that way you must of been going towards Te Akau,that's ALL gravel,but you have to turn right off the lower SH22 that the sports bike wimps won't ride,and it turns north before going west again - not likely you would do that surely? To end up in Ngaruawahia you must have taken the normal sports bike route.I think you did lower SH22,turned back and took the right turn at the intersection and headed to Ngaruawahia,you missed Whatawhata cause you were back on SH1.