What the hell is the TTTTT?

[Phreaky Phil]

Pop quiz tunnel tourers. Back in the good old days when these tunnels were being dug ( by hand of course ), how did they keep them straght and level. ??

[Tony W]

Pop quiz tunnel tourers. Back in the good old days when these tunnels were being dug ( by hand of course ), how did they keep them straght and level. ??

A trick question of course.
They are neither straight nor level ?!

[Phreaky Phil]

Not a trick question. No laser levels, no dumpy levels, just a pick and shovel and whatever else you could lay your hands on back then. Very simple solution

[Aslan]

Hi Mike et al - I've just signed up for this event. I'm planning to ride North from Wellington on the PM of the Friday returning South on the Sunday PM. Amyone keen to link up Frodo et al? cheers S

[young1]

Cool looks like we are getting good numbers for this ride.

Due to numbers we may have to re work accomodation on Friday night, again it depends on a number of things but we will be able to sort it.

If you are planning on staying at Awakino please let the Hotel know, I will then liase with them to see the numbers staying vs beds etc. We will then sort out the other options.

Sleeping bags are needed for Te Wera at least.

[tri boy]

Pop quiz tunnel tourers. Back in the good old days when these tunnels were being dug ( by hand of course ), how did they keep them straght and level. ??

Taught bit of string, and water level??

[young1]

I will contact Awakino hotel again tomorrow and will find out exactly how many we can put in the house and flat that they are making available to us.

Will update then.

[young1]

The hotel can put up 13 in the house / flat "around the corner".

There are some beds, a fold out one, and they will also find some matresses for the floor.

The 13 number includes counting double beds as sleeping two (that should keep the DR boys happy!)

Counting myself they have 6 bookings already (one group of 3, Cary and Murray)

There are other options that I will look at closer to the time (after half you lot change your minds as to whether you are doing the ride or not!)

Marks you haven't registered yet, you going to be here?

[That looks like fun]

Pop quiz tunnel tourers. Back in the good old days when these tunnels were being dug ( by hand of course ), how did they keep them straght and level. ??

The design of the tunnel was determined by a hanging chain which forms a mirror image of the tunnel cross section. Due to this design and the nature of the soil no shoring was required to support the roof of the tunnel.
The real question is how did some smart bugger figger this out?

[offrd]

My brother is bringing his WR450 along for the run so book him for the camp, I will ring the Awakino tomorrow and book us, Tracy was away today

[Phreaky Phil]

Pop quiz tunnel tourers. Back in the good old days when these tunnels were being dug ( by hand of course ), how did they keep them straght and level. ??

Apparently 3 candles we lined up in the first part of the tunnel and as long as you kept the three candles aligned you were diging straight and level.
To easy !!

[pete376403]

Nice soft dirt too, those hills. You can see on the sides where various trucks have scraped the dirt away, and many people have carved names and dates inside.
Was up that way on Cold Kiwi weekend

[young1]

I will be posting an update tonight re how we will do the meals at Te Wera.

[young1]

Meals (dinner and breakfast) at Te Wera are $25.00 each. These are being done by the local school mums as a fund raiser type thing. They need to know the final numbers by Wednesday next week. That is we will tell them how many meals we need, they will times that by $25.00 and that is what we have to pay.

SO we can not take the risk of anyone saying that they will be on the ride and then on Thursday / Friday pulling out with a weak excuse (my pet goldfish died, there is a cloud on the horizon etc etc) as we (Phil and I) will have to pay.

Everyone who has registered for the ride I will send you by PM details of my bank account. Please deposit $25.00 into my ASB Bank account with your Kiwibike name as the reference. When I see it in the bank I will PM you with confirmation.

Yes you can trust me!!

Saturday morning we plan to leave Awakino Hotel at 8.45am. By then you need to have filled your bikes up at the Awakino petrol station which is approx 2 or 3kms north of Awakino on the main road.


If you are no longer going please update the calendar.

[reofix]

will be staying at the whanga pub on friday night ... which roads are you lot following out of awakino... i might be a little late rising so i will come out and join up where i can