Cycle Ride
On Wednesday 22nd of September Room 8 biked on the Wilderness trail from Milltown to Kapitea Reservoir for a William Pike Challenge.
The day before we had to check we were properly equipped for the cycle ride. We arrived at school at 8:00 in the morning and then we loaded the bikes on to cars. My bike went into Donna’s horse float. I was in a car group with my Dad, Donna, Billie H, Olive, Cooper and Breanna. On the way there Billie and Olive were watching and listening to music while me and Cooper were blocking our ears.
When we got to Milltown we unloaded the bikes and started making our way to the first stop, Cowboy’s Paradise. The first part of the bike ride took a lot of effort for some people because it was uphill for a while. Ms Kemp said that people had to show leadership so me and James went at the back to help people that were struggling. That first part of the ride would have been very hard for Matt and Hamish because they were on a tandem and there were really sharp corners.
When we got to Cowboy’s Paradise some people did skids to stop and this grumpy guy came out and started swearing at us not to skid. When me and James arrived there everybody was shouting at us not to skid so we just did some sick stoppies instead. Some people had a toilet stop and got a drink and some food.
Then we got going. Ms Kemp put the girls at the front and the boys at the back for some reason. We had to go behind the tandem and it was really annoying because there were lots of corners and it was uphill. There were a lot of stops because they struggled to get around some of the corners.
The next stop we had was at this random place right next to the water way where a big truck came through so we had to get to the side of the trail. After that we kept on going on the trail. Later on the trail we meet up with Scott, Poppy, Warren, Justine and Robin. Then we continued on biking.
Later on the trail there was some downhill and I was going really fat and then there was a switchback. I didn’t see it until I was really close to it so I just slammed on my brakes and I took my right foot of the pedal and planted it on the ground and turned around it. James said it looked pretty cool.
The next stop was Kawhaka Intake for lunch. We got there and I sat down and ate lunch. In my lunch I had bacon and egg pie, a muffin, a muesli bar, an OSM and some fruit. It was pretty good.
From there we biked to Kapitea Reservoir which was fun. When we got to the Kapitea Reservoir Tyler, James, Nathan and I went to go help Jack PSK who was at the back and was having a hard time doing the rest. When we got back we loaded the bikes on the cars and drove back to school. Then I biked home.
