Crated to Kiwi
In 2019 my partner Meg and I decided to call a halt to long-haul flights. We are both in our eighties and it takes us a while to recover from flying through a range of time zones. That was it, decision made.
All this fine, mature reasoning went out the window when I received a flyer from Woods Motorcycles of Abergele. They’d be running a tour of New Zealand in January 2020, with a range of Triumphs and Ducatis shipped over for the occasion, along with a backup van to carry the luggage. For me it was a no brainer, and I signed up. There were 14 of us, plus Andrew Wood leading with Alan and David sharing the van driving, bike maintenance and luggage haulage. Our bikes were a selection of Triumph twins (I was on a Street Twin), Ducati Scramblers and Andrew’s ST4S.
Day 2: To Rotorua
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