We love Nelson!

Wow... Nelson did not disappoint. We spent nearly two weeks here experiencing the truly awesome steep, gnarly trails.

So many trails, so little time! We managed to pack in most of the iconic tracks in the region. Some of our favourites were Peaking Ridge, Crankenstein and 629, Hotbox and Smasher (a lot more challenging in the rain!) and Putakari!

We both fell in love with Nelson and the super friendly MTB community made us feel right at home. Big thanks to my cousin Pat who was kind enough to take us biking and point us in the right direction of some killer tracks (and let us take over his driveway with our Bongo). Still quite a few more tracks to conquer and many more we are dying to repeat so we will have to return.

For now we were glad to come away in one piece (with a few extra bumps and bruises).

Now time for some Marlborough Bongo shuttles with Marty and Jenny before we say goodbye to the South Island and head north.

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