I'm looking for Christchurch Adv rides

**Peeteey** · 26th January 2014, 18:54

Would this be a day trip or a camp? There are huts there too right?

**bushy** · 26th January 2014, 19:55

Originally Posted by Shoshoni

Anyone interested in going this route to Hanmer http://goo.gl/maps/hGZgN on the way up

Nice way to get to Hanmer. You will go directly past my place 5 minutes North of Rangiora so suits me......

**pouakai** · 31st January 2014, 20:04

Originally Posted by Shoshoni

Anyone interested in going this route to Hanmer http://goo.gl/maps/hGZgN on the way up

Haven't seen much chat re tomorrow, but my plan is to head up from the peg at 7 and start on the Moles side up to the Severn bridge cross over through Sedgemere and check out Edwards and Mailings on the way back down the Rainbow. And prolly do Shosh's route back to town if still going strong..

Any takers ? or other plans afoot ?

See you tomorrow.

P

**Shoshoni** · 1st February 2014, 00:12

Originally Posted by pouakai

Haven't seen much chat re tomorrow, but my plan is to head up from the peg at 7 and start on the Moles side up to the Severn bridge cross over through Sedgemere and check out Edwards and Mailings on the way back down the Rainbow. And prolly do Shosh's route back to town if still going strong.

The plan is for the 8th or 9th of Feb, there's another event on this weekend that a few have gone to.

**Peeteey** · 1st February 2014, 06:36

Hey kids, here's the videos from our jaunt in the Clarence. I split it into 3 vids, the access track, the left hand track and the right hand track

Start with this one, it links to the other two:

Left hand track:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaCbMIBAfeE

The Right hand track:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPsPtwSr9Qs

**Crim** · 1st February 2014, 08:15

Originally Posted by Peeteey

Hey kids, here's the videos from our jaunt in the Clarence. I split it into 3 vids, the access track, the left hand track and the right hand track

Great vid Peeteey, I love it up there - in there to camp is still on the list of things to do!

**flashg** · 1st February 2014, 13:29

Excellent video Peeteey. You showed just how beautiful that country is. It was a fantastic weekend

**Night Falcon** · 1st February 2014, 15:46

that was great but did nothing for my cabin fever

**pouakai** · 1st February 2014, 17:39

Originally Posted by pouakai

Haven't seen much chat re tomorrow, but my plan is to head up from the peg at 7 and start on the Moles side up to the Severn bridge cross over through Sedgemere and check out Edwards and Mailings on the way back down the Rainbow. And prolly do Shosh's route back to town if still going strong..

Any takers ? or other plans afoot ?

See you tomorrow.

P

Well I'm back in Hanmer now after an awesome day. It seems all the plans I made I did backwards: did Shoshi's back roads to Hanmer first thing - that was awesome, thanks for the suggestion and for putting the route together. Then meet up with a couple of pommie riders and went with them into the Rainbow first and that was awesome. I waved them goodbye at Edwards and had a nosey in there, that was awesomer ! Carried on to Mailings where they were just coming out, so I went for a sifty up there - even more awesomer! It was sometime in there that I remembered I hadn't filled up at Hanmer (oops!), so it was was time for some soft hands if I wanted to get out of the Molesworth!
After Mailings is a photo at lake Tenyson and then over Island saddle and on to the Severn Rd turnoff. It's a real pleasant track through there and fairly easy going. Got on to the Molesworth rd and mozied out to Jollies pass still nursing the fuel. At the top Jollies I took a wrong turn and ended up descending a VERY steep service track. At the bottom I was able to let myself out a locked gate which was very lucky cos by now I had neither the fuel nor the traction to climb out if wanted!
So 360km, 7:40hrs riding, 22l fuel, a stout and a steak and mushroom deep dish pie and we are a tired and happy bunny - pretty tempted to flag the ride home and nip over to the pools!
P

**Tazz** · 1st February 2014, 18:15

Originally Posted by pouakai

At the top Jollies I took a wrong turn and ended up descending a VERY steep service track. At the bottom I was able to let myself out a locked gate which was very lucky cos by now I had neither the fuel nor the traction to climb out if wanted!
So 360km, 7:40hrs riding, 22l fuel, a stout and a steak and mushroom deep dish pie and we are a tired and happy bunny - pretty tempted to flag the ride home and nip over to the pools!
P

You might have seen my u-turn marks at the top of that if you were looking closely. I had a nose up and down some of those tracks last week but I was to wuss to head down there at the time

(if it's the hill I'm thinking of) Good effort!

Bowl over to the pools and go home via the Molesworth tomorrow

**pouakai** · 1st February 2014, 18:19

Sounds like the track ! I thought it was a track to lookout at the top over hill but it just got better and better ( and less reversible :O )!

**Peeteey** · 3rd February 2014, 16:39

Originally Posted by pouakai

Well I'm back in Hanmer now after an awesome day ...

So 360km, 7:40hrs riding, 22l fuel, a stout and a steak and mushroom deep dish pie and we are a tired and happy bunny - pretty tempted to flag the ride home and nip over to the pools!
P

Sounds like you had a brilliant trip! Great write up too, was fun to read. Did you take any pics along the way?

**pouakai** · 3rd February 2014, 20:56

I did take heaps of pics on my garmin but due to fault they're all naff ! Out of focus and shutter delayed so lots of fuzzy pictures of knees and dash mounts - that kind of thing. Feeling pretty pissy about it but we'll to identify it before Dusty...