Little River Rail Trail

One of the things I wanted to do on my bike was ride the "Little River Rail Trail" ... a cycle trail from Prebbleton - Little River which is being completed in sections, there are 6 sections in total, and 3 of them have been completed.

Just after 1000 on Anzac Day, a friend and I drove to Motukarara and biked from there to Little River. The Motukarara - Birdlings Flat section is 7 kms, Birdlings Flat - Little River is 13 kms. The plan was to bike to Little River, and meet up with friends who were driving out to join us at "The Little River Country Bumpkin Pumpkin Festival", 20 kms seemed an easy enough ride, but I think I was waaaaay too optimistic about being able to ride both ways. I was really pleased when Steven suggested getting dropped back at his van and bringing it back to collect me and the bikes, I think we both need to do a lot more off road riding before we attempt the return trip! It was lovely scenery, I didn't take any pics though, was too busy trying to get to Little River to meet up with our friends. The 20 kms took us 2 hours to ride, my butt sure as hell wouldn't have managed another 2 hours on it. If you get the chance, its a really nice ride.