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Touring New Zealand

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I was involved in a fairly serious motorbike accident back in October 2019, suffering two broken shoulders, multiple cracked ribs, lung bleed, broken leg and a broken pinkie (incredibly, the only one that still bothers me!). I was back riding in early December that year, albeit very tentatively at first. By Christmas I was thinking about a tour of some sort. I had heard a lot about New Zealand, some of which came from watching Henry Cole riding there on his television programme. Towards the end of January I contacted a Twitter friend over there, Brendon, to ask about the best time to visit; I was thinking either the start of their summer

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