TO RIDE OR NOT TO RIDE?

Sorry people but I’m diverting from my usual advice column and instead will unload my personal life onto your strong shoulders to contemplate.

Late March I was on another tough work assignment: hosting a group of Aussies on a week long biking trip which included The Old Ghost Road.

I was aware of the dreaded virus but as an outdoorsman of below average intelligence, I paid no heed to our collective stake in this pandemic and flew into Christchurch to collect my