Long Cloud Ride

A 6,000 Mile Cycle Journey Around New Zealand

By: Josie Dew

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Paperback | 7 February 2008 | Edition Number 1

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After two months on board a Russian container ship sailing 15,000 miles across the world, Josie finally arrives in New Zealand with her bike. Over the next nine months she cycles 10,000 kilometers all over North and South Islands while experiencing the wettest, windiest, and stormiest year on record. During this time Josie was spat at, shouted at, honked at, and both run off and blown off the road. She got soaked, sunburned, hailed on, and snowed on; and was alternately starved and overfed, overcharged and under-charged. Then there was the wildlife--the possums (both dead and alive); exotic birds such as moreporks (with their eerie call) and fantails (who decided to follow); the ostriches, who liked to chase English cyclists and the harriers, who liked to dive bomb them; and the more familiar but no less frustrating farm animals, who provided sheep-jams and cow-blocks to slow Josie down. Josie brings New Zealand brilliantly to life. Warm, witty, and acutely observed as ever, her latest adventure is sure to delight old and new fans alike.

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Charmingly illustrated with line drawings and photos from the trip, this is ideal for all those people who really would like to cycle for 10,000 miles around New Zealand but just don't have the energy right now - G Travel

In Long Cloud Ride, Josie brings New Zealand brilliantly to life. Warm, witty and acutely observed as ever, her latest adventure is sure to delight old and new fans alike - Outdoor Pursuits

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Non-Fiction Travel & Holidays Travel Writing Sports & Recreation Cycling Literature, Poetry & Plays Non-Fiction Prose Miscellaneous Items

Acknowledgements	p. ix
Maps	p. x
Auckland, 24 December 2003	p. 1
Near Amodeo Bay, Coromandel Peninsula, 31 December	p. 11
Omokoroa, Bay of Plenty, 15 January	p. 44
Te Kaha, Eastland, 25 January	p. 63
Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, 4 February	p. 81
Dannevirke, 12 February	p. 94
Picton, Marlborough, South Island, 20 February	p. 111
Kaikoura, Canterbury, 23 February	p. 127
Moana, Lake Brunner, West Coast, 3 March	p. 146
Lake Pearson, Selwyn, Canterbury, 6 March	p. 156
Wanaka, Otago, 1 April	p. 187
Timaru, South Canterbury, 20 April	p. 200
Blenheim, Marlborough, 6 May	p. 207
Wellington, North Island, 16 May	p. 214
Parakai, Auckland North, 15 June	p. 232
Rotorua, 7 August	p. 281
Equipment Department	p. 333
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