Been away but now im back

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Hi Guys, sorry for the lack of blogs as i have been busy, so here goes, where was i, oh yeah. left paraparaumu heading to Raglan, decided to go through the forgotten highway, i will tell you i will never forget it, the hardest ever ride, but my my was it worth it ooooohhhhhhh yes, pictures will follow, due to this i only made it to Te Kuiti, so tired and hungry i wondered off down the road to the local bar, only to start chatting to the Australian sheep shearing team, great guys, good laugh, plenty of pome jokes,

Left Te Kuiti, on the way dropped into the local bike garage, just a check over, well i had managed to knacker the front tyre, so a oil change, new front tyre and the chain tensioned, off i set, rode through Auckland heading for Mangawhai, to meet up with the first guy i spoke to in NZ, Les and his Wife Liz, well what can i say, my faith in people, is completely renewed, a lovely family with a lovely home and fantastic company, Liz and Les thankyou. we will meet again i promise.

Left Mangawhai just after breakfast, with a full tummy and a smile on my face. headed over to the west coast, stopped for lunch at the funky fish, had an hour on the beach, the weather was fantastic. the ride was so fab i stayed on the bike until Kaitita, which in retrospect was a good thing and also a bad, as i arrived, my back was knackered, lots of pain, to much riding, so went in search of a chemist, stepped off a curd which was bigger than i thought, the jolt hurt my back so much a tiny bit of wee came out of my willy.

Unable to ride i decided to get the bus to cape reinaga, BIG BIG BIG MISTAKE, on the bus off the bus on the bus off the bus, horrendous ordeal,

that evening, i wondered lonely as a cloud, what!!!! wrong im not that intellegent as you can read, of to the local bar, started chatting to a guy called Sonny, a great jolly guy, and as all people. invited me to meet his family and have a look at his motorbike, my promise to myself was to take every oppurtuinity, so the next morning off i go, well, i arrived meet all his family, his lovely wife Margot, and his uncles aunts kids nephews, everyone. fanatastic, so here we go off fishing, me and fishing no really, but i tell you, it was awesome. total relaxed and friendly, and i, yeap i caught fish, not just one a few and, the cherry on top of the cake i caught a stingray, unbeliveable.

So now im in Paihia, a town in the bay of islands, the weather is great and im so relaxed.

Missing you all x

Ta Ta for now Sam

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Photos

Les. LIz and there daughter Sarah
Wonderful memory

sonny's uncle
When he said it was time to leave, guess what we left, the master a very nice guy lol

Comments

[George]

Now you are living the dream
Beach fishing, and golf at Arrowtown Hills, now how can you beat that???? Lived the dream now Sam, nice one, must be home time?

[Yvonne Puckering-Hey]

Hello Sweetheart
Good Morning, Firstly is there something wrong with your willy???? If you need help i can insert a catheter for you, it will stop the wee coming out of the end of it.. Lol. Sonny looks a mean machine, wouldnt like to have a fight with him, I bet he's a big softy really. check out the hospitals out there and if there are any jobs for an anaesthetic and recovery nurse, give me a shout i'll be packing my suitcase ready to leave. All my love yvonne xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx