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Ride-on for Motor Neurone Disease

  • Day 21 - Lumsden to Bluff

      20 March 2022
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    Chance meet up last night at Lumsden Hotel with Douggie Somerville and his trout fishing buddy Flickie. Roadside laundromat like something outta an American movie but very convenient, Southern hospitality awesome, such friendly staff. Early start and chilly as but on the way to the finish at Bluff, smooth sailing in, what a day. Bubbles and fresh bluffies to celebrate. Home here we come xxx

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    • 30/03/2022 by Maggie-Lee

      AMAZING! I might take me a year and a half to do that. The Rose Centre team are enormously grateful for your support. If you are coming through ChCh please let me know. I may be too late!

  • Day 20 - Queenstown to Lumsden

      20 March 2022
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    Bye bye QT: Hello Southland: Bluff here we come. Shout out to Lisa and Dean for Brynn’s birthday feast, luv you guys.

    Stunning climb up Mount Von from Walter Peak Stn, beaut vistas and ride to Mavora Lakes. Tough gravel grind from there into Mossburn and on to Lumsden: fab service here at the Local Hotel

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  • Day 19 - Lake Hawea to Queenstown

      20 March 2022
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    Happy birthday Brynn - half day to celebrate! Friendly wheel Wayne Hudson waiting for us out of Wanaka to tow and chat us up to the Crown Range pinch point with 3 km to go: stunning ride up and over and now here at the beautiful oasis of Dean and Lisa’s home: very happy. 80 km, 1000 m climbing … Bluff here we come. Simply fab birthday evening with great buddies.

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  • Day 18 - Lake Paringa to Lake Hawea

      20 March 2022
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    Huge day of climbing and kms, steep climbs into Fox, 100 km done before hitting the gates of Haast and steep steep Steep climb then much needed hokey pokey cone at Makaroa cottage cafe before the steep and stunning ride round Lake Wanaka and Lake Hawea and onto Hotel Lake Hawea. What what a damn day.

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  • Day 17 - Hari Hari to Lake Paringa

      20 March 2022
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    Love these SI Maunga: heart filling.. Another 1000 km week, boom boom

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  • Day 16 - Kumara to Harihari

      13 March 2022
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    A ride of two parts: TA Prospector rocking through the West Coast Wilderness Trail to Hokitika: simply stunning riding. Head wind from Hoki to Ross knocked the wind outta this bike packers spokes, simply plodded to Harihari over more damn hills.

    Thanks to my loyal windbreak Brynn, I’d be unlikely to have made it here in one piece without yah.

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  • Day 15 - Springs Junction to Kumara

      13 March 2022
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    Approx 150 km 1000 m climbing and 6.5 hours riding.

    Lovely tarmac to Greymouth over Rahu Saddle with a yummy coffee stop in Reefton and a somber visit to Pike River memorial. Rain arrived to welcome us to the coast but the wind was kind and the rain light and now we are happily along the West Coast Wilderness Trail at the Hotel Royal. Dream day.

    Roll on Bluff.

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  • Day 14 - Tapawera to Springs Junction

      13 March 2022
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    Another massive day out: left at dawn, 9 hours riding, 170 km and almost 1900 m of climbing over stunning white gravel roads and the Braeburn and Maruia Saddles. Heart filled yet again

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  • Day 13 - Picton to Nelson

      13 March 2022
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    Sunrise over Queen Charlotte Sounds, really stunning riding outta Picton, chance shout out to an old pal on the road, Stu C, super lunch catch up with other TA buddies and onto the Great Taste trail, love riding in this area. 11.5 hours out, 8.5 riding and lots a hills, this duo is fizzing: honestly we could have kept riding but lots of sand flies ahead: accom needs careful planning! Love this bike packing life

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  • Day 12 - Absolutely Positively Wellington

      8 March 2022
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    Ok so some days are so special it’s hard to put it into words. Quinnie and Brynn’s 2022 TA day 12 is one out of the box.

    These pics and videos say it all.

    Ngā mihi nui kids of Pomare School who presented us with this very special badges and gave us such awesome cheer and to Malcom Abernethy who gave us a real purpose for this ride to raise $$ for MND.

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  • Day 11 - Pahiatua- Featherston

      8 March 2022
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    Wow we are so close to the half way marker of 1500 km: should pass that in a few km outta featherston tomorrow. A day of many parts, lovely to be here at Hotel Royal.

    The wind got up from noon on, I guess we are getting closer to the Capital. It’s raining now too, I wonder what tomorrow will bring for our climb over to the cook strait ferry.

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  • Day 10 - TA’s Strade Bianche: Hunterville to Pahiatua

      8 March 2022
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    Stunning gravel, 9 hours riding making this week approx 1000 kms, 50 hours and 11000 metres of climbing. Two super kind trail angels today, fresh apples and spring water at the first and a garage full of bamboo puppets, huge: then at Pironga Mary at her picnic table roadside with all sorts of goodies and great yarns. Last 10 kms close to Pahiatua really freshly laid gravel, like riding cobbles ie really hard going but here we are safely in the big Pah ready for a recovery slumber. Rolling onwards tmw.

    Looking forward to a trip to Cycling Tom’s shop in Masterton: time to check these brake pads…

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  • Day 9 - Saturday's are for cruising

      8 March 2022
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    Whanganui-Hunterville over roads very less travelled, really lovely vistas even though it was hot as and hilly too. Country cemetery visit to say ‘Hi’ to BD’s parents new headstone, even gave it a clean. Now resting up at the infamous Station Hotel, looking forward to a quiet night: very against Yann and Gavin’s advice: first train already through… lovely chance meet up with Yann riverside in Whangas this am. Fab service by Cath at Velo Ronny’s bicycle shop in Whangas today, opened early for us, go you Cath

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  • Day 8 - Mint as

      8 March 2022
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    Blue Duck Lodge to Whanganui Ngā ara Tuhono track. Loved it and the state of the track is mint today: God Bless Lynley

    Bridge to No Where sooo special.

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  • Day 7 - Lodge to Lodge on the Timber trail

      8 March 2022
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    Timber Trail Lodge to Blue Duck Lodge: magical forest spin followed by stunning ride through to Blue Duck, clay cliffs on one side with massive drop off to river on the other. 135 km riding and hilly as with 120 km trail/gravel: hard core day and super joyful. Hot hot hot out there. Legs really recovered after slightly shorter day and no hike a bike

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  • Day 6 - Hello Timber Trail

      8 March 2022
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    Magical day in the forest that is the Timber Trail.

    Heart and soul full.

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  • Day 5 - Paeroa to Mangakino

      8 March 2022
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    150 km, 8 hours on the bike, lots of climbing. 100 km of Waikato’s finest followed by River Trail. All good until the monster last 15 km, BIG. That trail needs Lynley to sort it out, messy as not to mention the ‘walls’…

    Current status: cooked.

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  • Day 4 - See you later Auckland

      8 March 2022
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    bye bye home, hello roads less travelled, damn friendly out here. Biggish day, about 6.5 hours riding and 145 kms. Paeroa, ferry trip to Pine Harbour a real treat, what a nice entry towards Clevedon. Super riding out around Kawakawa Bay and beyond. Shout out to MitoQ for keeping us going and MitoQ NZ Cycling Project as we used the left over Tailwind bottles today (from road Nats), they were good.

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  • Day 3 - Auckland bound

      28 February 2022
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    120km with a ferry trip and spectacular sunset at red hills road. Cracker ride out to Pouto Point. HOME tonight by 9:30 pm for some much need TLC on the bikes before we press south. Another day in the paradise which is our Far North.

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  • Day 2 - Rawene to Dargaville, a magical day in the bike

      28 February 2022
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    110 km of seal and gravel with lots of climbing. Stunning along the coast and through the Waipoua forest to one of today’s highlights a visit to Tane Mahuta, special. Jesse’s twin siblings were our first Trail Angels on tour and their warmth, watermelon and offer of chilled water was heart warming, there are such good people amongst us. Lovely yarn at Donnelly’s Crossing too, more quality kiwis.

    What a day.

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  • Day 1 to Rawene

      25 February 2022
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    120 km, 1500m climbing, 6 hours riding.

    Pukenui over to Ahipara to join the official route and in to Rawene. Lovely weather, vistas of farmland and forest and some cracker climbs. Good yarns along the way. Rawene a wee gem of an oasis after a day riding, Holiday Park room with a lovely pool and gorgeous views over the Hokianga. Onwards to Dargarville tmw, God willing. Happy times.

    Quinnie xx

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  • Day 0 - Cape Reinga to Houhora

      24 February 2022
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    Three and half hours of head winds and hills. Stopped for some world famous ice cream and quick photos at the top as we were getting attacked by very nasty giant wasps. Sixty nine kms down. Only two thousand and something to go…

    Bronny, Kerry, Janet, Lindsay, Matt, Kemble, Martyn, Sherie, Rose & Pravin - thank you very much for your kind donations!

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    • 25/02/2022 by Maggie-Lee

      HUGE thanks from the Rose Centre team for joining in with the Abernethy's to support our work! We are behind you all the way. Let us know when you'll be on west coast of south and we'll bring out the cheering squad to drive over and give you a boost. So Grateful!