Looking around at the other guests at our accomodation, many are here to do walks, mountain biking and boating. Both lakes are surrounded by steep mountains, and surrounded at shore level by honeydew beech forests. Hard to get lost today.
The roads were all good quality but the middle 6 km each way section on the Kawatiri-Murchison Highway was busy, narrow, little to no verge. The other two roads were quiet and far more enjoyable.
The gradient replicated the three roads. The down is the first two roads, then the up to the lake and opposite to return.
We had a headwind on the first downhill hoping it would not change direction for our return journey. Of course, it did and we did the climb home into a growing intensity headwind. We left well rugged up. I pulled out my long sleeve thermal base to wear, then my cycling jersey, then my wind gilet, then my Assos wind jacket, then my Assos visibility vest.
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Legs were bare but they do all the work. I had leggings on the bike I could put on if need be. Layering is what gets you through inclement weatherβ¦taking layers on and off, having somewhere to store them too as you ride.
