On Yer Bike

“You can go a little faster, Kathy”, Margaret chimed from a short distance behind me. In the car, on the 2 hour drive from Palmerston North to Hawke’s Bay area, I heard from both her and Julie just how infrequently they have both been on bikes in the past many years. So, I thought I’d take it easy on them. Apparently, I was taking it a little too easy! J

What a fantastic day… the three of us cycling and sipping our way around a small selection of Hawke’s Bay vineyards—we visited (and tasted) at Bridge Pa, Ngatarawa, Te Awa, Trinity Hill, and Salvare. I actually held back, and purchased bottles of wine at only 3 of the 5 wineries. (I only have about 3 weeks remaining, you know.) However, I was sure to taste at least two types at each place! Cheers...

After returning our bicycles to Mike at On Yer Bike Winery Tours (and raving about the best boxed lunch ever!), we took a brief detour (by car) to a café in Napier—biggest and prettiest little city on Hawke Bay. Napier is quite well-known to many non-New Zealanders as the place that had a devastating earthquake back in 1931—in fact, the 80 year anniversary was just two days ago, on February 3.