Places we have been
Squirrel our Minicab Miev is on the market via trademe so may not be ours for much longer. We have plans for a bigger van with longer range so that we can continue our travels into our dotage. In the meantime, …
Category: Travel
Squirrel – 5 years and 54,000 kms
A couple of days ago it was the fifth anniversary of the day we picked up the Miev Minicab, and since then we have done a lot of kms in the van. With petrol now costing $3.12 per litre, and …
New bike transporter on Squirrel
Traveling in Squirrel, even very long distances, is a joy, but carrying two long tail cargo bikes and full camping gear inside the van can be a bit of a chore, every day loading the van is a 3 dimensional …
Otago 2022 – an EV winter road trip.
About this post This post is about a road trip in August 2022 to Central Otago and Southland NZ, in our Mitsubishi Minicab Miev electric tiny van (Squirrel). We fitted two long tail cargo bikes and associated riding and maintenance …
Otago 2022 – another roadtrip – cancelled
Unfortunately, this trip scheduled for February 2022 was cancelled, but we rescheduled for August 2022 and it is blogged about here. Covid permitting, we are intending to do a similar trip to last years trip to Central Otago. In brief, …
Road Trip 2021 – Central Otago
Lynn and Dave cycle the Otago bike trails Background Lynn and I have been wanting to do the Central Otago Rail Trail since we first heard about it many years ago. We finally have bikes that we feel we want …
Squirrel – and our South Island camping road trip, Feb 2020
Squirrel has recently taken us on a road trip, from our home in Whitby to Little River on the Banks Peninsula. We intended to go all the way to Akaroa, but circumstances prevented the last leg. As the Squirrel only …
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Electric bikes in the Hawkes Bay, 2016
After nearly two years of using our electric bikes almost entirely for commuting, I decided it was time to use them for what I intended them for – riding for fun and pleasure. We normally take some sort of break …