Biking

Hung on the back of The Monster have been two mountain bikes: wow, have they been useful. We've been able to get about on them most days: early in Maitai Bay sunshine, dodging sunshine, showers and rainbows at Houhora; whizzing along the sandy beach at Tokerau; up and down the switchback road along the spine of a peninsula near Kerikeri.

We achieved approximately 25 miles along the beach in a couple of hours; a mere 7.5 up and down the hills.

I've cycled further and endured more hills - up and down - in a few days than I have in a year.