Rob cycling to the next vineyard

Blenheim

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May 18th 2009
Blenheim 12th - 15th April The main thing we wanted to do in Blenheim was to hire bikes and cycle around the wineries. We hired bikes from our campsite and cycled about 10 kms to Renwick where most of the wineries are. It was lovely flat cycling (I don't do hills, unless they go downwards!), but the roads were busier than we thought. I had envisaged lovely quiet country roads, but ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Blenheim

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more