Weekend Cycle
Sore legs today as yesterday I cycled over the Rimutaka Incline all the way to Featherston, then caught the train back to Waterloo and cycled the last two km home. (38km in total, plus about 300 metres up and another 300 metres down.)
The wind in the Wairarapa was a very strong westerly threatening to blow me off the bike at a couple of times, but thankfully providing a slight tailwind as well as the strong crosswind.
It was the first time since 1977 that I had been through the Rimutaka Rail Tunnel and the first time I'd been on the Wairarapa Service since it had been refurbished. The seats are more comfortable and there is so much extra leg room than on the Wellington Units. Plus the guard only charged $2 for the bicycle, instead of the advertised cost of $4.
Perhaps all express services to Upper Hutt and Paraparaumu can be replaced by Diesel Engine pulled carraiges and the spare units added to other services.
The wind in the Wairarapa was a very strong westerly threatening to blow me off the bike at a couple of times, but thankfully providing a slight tailwind as well as the strong crosswind.
It was the first time since 1977 that I had been through the Rimutaka Rail Tunnel and the first time I'd been on the Wairarapa Service since it had been refurbished. The seats are more comfortable and there is so much extra leg room than on the Wellington Units. Plus the guard only charged $2 for the bicycle, instead of the advertised cost of $4.
Perhaps all express services to Upper Hutt and Paraparaumu can be replaced by Diesel Engine pulled carraiges and the spare units added to other services.
posted by Michael at
11:15 AM
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