Three months ago, my partner and I spent a couple of nights in the German capital of Berlin; our first time there. While Berlin is highly regarded for an extensive network of trams and trains, it also does cycling…

Following on from the recent news about the proposed cycle route out to the east of Christchurch, let me take you back to this blogpost from Sep 2014 when some potential ideas for developing both the Avon Ōtākaro River …

For quite some time, the Christchurch City Council has mooted a cycle route from the central city out to the east as part of its Major Cycle Routes programme. One of the original proposals was to generally follow the route …

As mentioned the other day, we made our way on Friday evening to the opening of the new Jolene Bar in central Christchurch – a great night it was too. While we were waiting to enter, we saw an …

Tonight is a big event locally, with the opening of the new Jolene Bar in Christchurch on St Asaph St (a somewhat ironic milestone given the passing of country legend Dolly Parton earlier this week…). We’ll be heading to the …

While in Europe, we managed to spend a couple of (stupidly hot…) nights in Zürich, Switzerland. I was last there in mid-2015, as reported in this previous blogpost. Not much has changed in terms of fairly good cycling …

Last week, there was an announcement by Christchurch City Council that a new pedestrian/cycle crossing will be installed at the Scruttons Rd level crossing in Heathcote Valley. This is welcome news after the ongoing saga of the past couple …

While much of my European travels involved sightseeing and doing various fun activities, I did take the opportunity when I was in Rimini, Italy to attend the 2026 Velo-City cycle conference.

Organised by the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF), Velo-City …

In early June, Tracey and I spent a couple of nights in Vienna, Austria. The last time I was there was way back in 2015, and even then it certainly had lots of good features getting plenty of people …

Some interesting news just reported: New Zealand’s first long-distance cycle/art trail, the W75 Ride, will be officially opened in Kaiapoi this weekend. This 75‑kilometre cycle and walking trail will link existing paths and back‑country roads through Waikuku, Ashley, Mandeville, …