Day 20: Hokotika to Franz Joseph, 140km. The Donkey is doing a body check.
March 17th 2018 Day 20: Hokotika to Franz Joseph, 140km. The Donkey is doing a body check.
Day 20 was going to be a big day for the Donkey as he had learned that 140km on a fully laden mountain bike, with big fat tires (sorry Spot, but your tires are fat) is very different from doing the same distance on a lightweight road bike with nice slim wheels which hardly touch the road. So the Donkey set of early, at t
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