A2O Windsor to Oamaru Bike Ride
29th May 2016.
After a good soaking of rain on the previous day, I decided to postpone the bike ride from
Duntroon to Kurow as there was a possibilty of water in the crossings of the Otekaieke, Otiake,
and Kurow riverbeds. Instead three keen riders set off from the carpark at 8am in fine but overcast
conditions to bike to Windsor and return on the Alps to Ocean Cycleway.
Bill met us at the Weston Limeworks, as we cycled on the old railway embankment and over an
impressive new bridge towards Enfield.
The track meandered through farmland and around small streams which had become swollen after
the recent rain. At Elderslie we admired a huge pile of foam that had builtup at the bottom of a
small waterfall.
Light rain began to fall as we took a break for morning tea outside the fire station at Windsor.
On the return to Oamaru we were met at the top of the Windsor hill by Bev and Dave and by this
time the rain had stopped.
We arrived back in Oamaru just after midday after cycling 42 kilometers
Thanks to John, Bill, Bev, Dave and Maurice for braving the unpredictable weather.
Phyllis.
