Friday, February 24, 2012
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Ride For Hives
Leaving Wanaka I commenced cycling deep into sandfly country, Westland. It is well known that the west is hard on cyclists, both for weather and those pesky bloody sandflies.
Two days into the ride I started looking like a leper, day three arrived and my ankles were swollen to twice their normal size and finally on day four I awoke to my whole body covered in extremely itchy welts. The poison had taken control and I now had an impressive case of what we believed to be hives.
Thankfully Dannielle, my current riding companion, had a handful of antihistamine tablets in her first aid kit and 30km into the days ride the hives had started to subside. Reaching the small township of Te Taho we were dishartened to find the local health clinic closed. By miracle, as we were about the leave the local Doctor arrived to collect his car. A quick examination by the roadside confirmed hives and he graciously gave me additional antihistamine tablets for the following days. Dannielle and I finished the day just shy of 100km and Dannielle proclaimed the days ride to be the "Ride For Hives"
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Alive And Well At Fox Glacier
Just bad internet reception on the West Coast. Will update again late next week.
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