School Bike Ride

     School Bike Ride

On Wednesday the 26 of May we went on a school bike ride. For the start we had to get to school early in the morning and do a quick recap of the rules and where we needed to go in order to get to the first bike ride location. We were heading to the Mananui Tramline. Then as our second bike ride we would do the Hurunui Jacks bike ride. Both were part of the wilderness trail. 

We set off on our way. We had to go through Hokitika and pass the Hokitika bridge. The sun was high in the sky and it was warm, but cold at the same time. 

It was freezing when we got there and some of the surrounding farm paddocks were white with frost. The Mananui tramline was a simple flat trail that went through a couple of paddocks where cattle were grazing. The trail eventually led out to Lake Mahinapua where there was the site of an historic deadly battle, but we did not do that part of the trail. Every once in a while we had to stop to read our compasses that Ms Kemp gave us. We kept going through to the end where there was a car park. On the way back there was a lot of downhill and some nice roots and rocks to jump over with speed. Overall it was pretty basic.

The second bike ride was harder because it had a lot more uphill and narrower trail sections. It was also a lot longer with sharp corners and water races and boardwalks that were slippery. Most of the trail was gravel with the odd dirt section. Every once and a while there was a water ford that you could ride through. A few people fell off but only one of them had blood involved. When we got to the end we had an option to go fast and I along with some others did that. It was a fast trip back to the end of the bike track as it was downhill. 

In conclusion both bike rides were enjoyable because one was fairly easy, and one was medium and everyone could do both. Both bike rides went to outdoor activity hours for William Pike.