Wow thats very impressive for cell phone snaps...
I love the looking downstream shot and the gatekeeper's cottage with the
photog framed in one "window" - excellent geometry... wish the sky were
a deeper blue. You did admirably given "bright and sunny".
Rail trails make nice trails - we even have one in Manhattan, but it's
not so good.
ann
On 11/28/2011 04:52, David Mann wrote:
Little River is the name of a small town on Banks Peninsula, about halfway
between Christchurch and Akaroa.
There used to be a railway that ran from there to Christchurch city, but its
use was discontinued in 1962. Starting just a few years ago, the old railway
is being converted into a trail which can be walked or biked. This has been
done in a few other parts of the country as well the most famous being the
Central Otago Rail Trail which is about 150km long.
We went over to Little River for the weekend and while Janet was busy with a
small conference on Saturday afternoon, I got on my bike and did the rail trail
as far as Motukarara. The trail does go further than this but it departs from
the original railway line at that point, and that's as far as I'd planned to
go. It will eventually reach the outer Christchurch suburb of Hornby, where
the railway used to end.
http://www.multi.net.nz/rail-trail/
These are all cellphone pics which I struggled to take. It was bright and
sunny and I could barely see anything on the screen of the phone so composition
was largely done by guesswork. I haven't touched them in Photoshop.
It was an enjoyable ride despite the conditions. I'd been intending to do this
trail for a long time but never got around to it. It's an easy track with no
hills and it seems to be well looked after and there's lots of birdlife at this
time of year. The only downside is that it's very exposed to the weather. I
rode it on a hot day and the wind came up while I was out there so I had a
tough head wind all the way back. Ran out of drink about 10 minutes from the
finish so I'm glad I carried as much as I did.
Cheers,
Dave
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