Mon, 31 Dec 2001
Glenn Innis Station to Gisborne // at 23:59
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Total: 2512.5km
Today: 49.61km
As we were leaving this morning we passed a familiar-looking cow at
the side of the road, but thought nothing of it. Phil — driving out
half an hour later — realised that it was the dairy cow that belonged
to the farm and had escaped onto the road, so he stopped, caught it,
and then managed to lead it several kilometres back to the gate.
Judging by the way he looked at lunch time, he had the most energetic
morning of us all!
The hilight of today's riding was the six kilometre descent from Gentle Annie, several hundred metres vertically, down from the rolling hills to the dead-flat coastal plain.
Gisborne was working itself up for the New Year's celebrations. Being a coastal town it's always popular as a holiday resort, and as the eastern-most city in the world, they are the first to see the sunrise of the New Year, so its become a bit of a ritual for some surfers to go there.
Where?
Glen Innis station , Gentle Annie , Gisborne 38° S 178° E
