Mandy Richards
Posts by Mandy Richards for Cycle Journal:
Welcome to all of our new bikers!
Posted on 02/09/2021 by Mandy Richards
Tena Koutou e te Escape Adventures whanau! And a monster welcome to all you wonderful new people who have signed up to our mailing list over the past couple of months! This blog is for you...
Escape Adventures beyond Covid
Posted on 02/09/2021 by Mandy Richards
It's been a while since we been in touch and talked about anything beyond our New Zealand borders... where we Escape Adventures are at and our plans for our international cycle tours.
It's the Bike Packing, Brevet, Cycle Touring season!
Posted on 02/09/2021 by Mandy Richards
"Dot Watching" is a recently discovered sport where one sits on a couch and digitally watches live-tracked bikers riding the Kennett Brothers' Tour Aotearoa and Kopiko Aotearoa rides as they happen... And even better than watching, many of you have actually spent your summer being the dots! Go you good things!
Get fit quick Johnboy!
Posted on 13/10/2020 by Mandy Richards
What do you do when your winter touring season has been cancelled and you've been too busy building a house and reinventing your business to ride your bike... and YIKES our summer season of new New Zealand cycle tours is just about to start? You have to GET FIT QUICK!!! John, Bruce and Ian have just returned home from a quick four-season 500km loop through Nelson Lakes, the Old Ghost Road, Heaphy Track and then home to Nelson. That should do it! See you in Cape Reinga!
New Shirts for our NZ tours...
Posted on 13/10/2020 by Mandy Richards
If you are riding with us in New Zealand this summer... you'll be sporting one of these... "Kiwis cant fly" tee's in Icebreaker merino
NEW New Zealand Cycle Tour... in our backyard!
Posted on 13/10/2020 by Mandy Richards
Come and play with us and join us in Nelson and the Marlborough Sounds for a week long cycle tour made up of some of our favourite, little used, off the beaten track, incredibly scenic and otherwise hard to get to riding routes in our very own backyard!
What do. Tour Leaders do. When they can't Escape?
Posted on 01/09/2020 by Mandy Richards
Our wonderful New Zealand based tour leaders can't Escape! But they're hanging in there! Read below to find out what they are all doing this year when their work is called off...
Out from the Wreckage
Posted on 31/07/2020 by Mandy Richards
Out from the smouldering ashes of a twisted and wrecked travel industry came the most epic and outrageously fun of New Zealand cycling adventures!! If you have ever wanted to ride the length of New Zealand (or part of it), or the more adventurous and remote width of New Zealand from East Cape to Cape Egmont? NOW is your chance!!
Thanks for supporting our Overseas Crew
Posted on 31/07/2020 by Mandy Richards
Humbled and hugely grateful we are to all of you, who through your donations and purchases have helped us support our out-of-work Overseas Crew. Having lost our full year's income ourselves - we've been feeling pretty bummed not being in the position to employ our overseas crew this year - so to the many, many of you who put your hands in your pockets and contributed and helped us to support them... THANK YOU. It has made a real difference! Read More from each of our overseas crew below...
A Special Update on Luggard
Posted on 09/07/2020 by Mandy Richards
We have been helping with the Orphans Program at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Nairobi for the past 12 years. This month we received wonderful news that "Luggard" who we have been helping to foster, has recently graduated from the Nairobi Nursery Unit and been moved ot the Umani Springs Reintegration Unit. Read more this beautiful story and Luggard's journey at Nairobi Nursery Unit...