If you want a break from a relatively boring ride on the Great Taste Trail between Mapua and Ruby Bay – heading north – or if you are returning on Marriages road heading south , tria this very nice diversion along Pamona road. If you like a little uphill challenge then Pamona provides about double the grunt work of PineHill road, which means downhill you get twice the vertical drop as well! This is a road, not a cycle trail, but one of those pristine Moutere Hills back country roads. Well worth it, for the vineyards, beautiful lifestyle blocks, and relative absence of traffic.

enjoy

John