Banditrider's Pootles

banditrider

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Day Eleven: http://banditrider.blogspot.co.nz/2017/03/tt2000-write-up-day-11.html

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glitch

Mapping the next ride...
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...and once more, sweet pics galore :glu
Still undecided which way around I like the Dansey's better....
I think the way you went, south-to-north. Somehow it seems to open up/ space out when flipping over the top.

As for the gate at Elephant Hill/Clarksfield....AFAIK it's a gazetted road, just leave the gates the way you found 'em and all's good.
Finishes up like a private driveway down on the 82, with fences both sides making it a 30ft wide "corridor" onto the hwy.

Maybe could've gone the Meyers Pass instead to terminate in Kurow...the Mchennys Rd. gravel along the eastern bank of the Haka river isn't a bad run either.

Love those shots...:clap::clap:
 

glitch

Mapping the next ride...
Staff member
...as for the next day...


Back out on the main road again, I was fantastically early with only about 80km of sealed road to take me through to my night's accommodation in Geraldine - how boring! So as I pootled along I tried to think of some possible variations I could work into my route.

For next time, try Fairlie, head towards Geraldine for a few k's, then turn into Tondross/ Spur Rd.....it's a little cracker, super-scenic and right along the top of the ridge.
Another one, running parallel to the south is Rockwood Rd. (which hits the SH8 near the Cricklewood Rd. turnoff, the lead-in to the the Mackenzies Pass).

Another worthwhile extension is the Mount Gay Rd., which also ties the Spur + Rockwood Rds together for a drop into Tatora via Hazelburn and Monument Rd.

Add a few more gravel roads towards Geraldine, some of them quite hilly/ good views.
https://goo.gl/maps/CmsJRJwYJAN2

As for that Tekapo Canal Rd.....there's another reason for yet another SI ride !!! Never got around to doing it...


Edit:....and for a bit of extra fun and a quite decent river crossing thrown in at the start, i forgot about this one
(gets you right to the start of Spur Rd. too...sort of):
https://goo.gl/maps/NRBY8Z81LYt
Joins the hwy at Fat Albert's Smokehouse (which sadly was closed when we came past)
 
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