You want a pizza for dinner and are sick of paying through the roof for something with a smear of mozerella and tomato sauce? Get one of these! for $20. They are awesome value.

I remember seeing this when it came out and I was a kid. I found it uproariously funny and even rereading it now draws a laugh. Mad magazine was a great institution.

Anyone getting this annoying message pop up each time you boot up. But there is no update to download?

Now the great migration begins. We left one bike behind and have to navigate all our gear on the other bike.

I only drink beer in the summer. I am sure going to miss beer and Kuchen afternoon tea. This Belgium Pils is great.

Germany is such a surprise. I have no idea what this is, but it's been going on for ages!

A word that makes you wonder what lives behind the door.

Is making a hamburger too hard for you? Can't you Uber one in? Then just pull an entire burger with bun, cheese and sauce from the freezer and somehow heat it up. The ultimate in frozen meals.

Oh yeah, about today's temperature... That's 37.5 on the red dial.

One thing strikes me bing in a land that is so old. The level of infrastructure available to people. I rode over a pass made by the Romans, down road walked by farmers, and around me are motorways full of vehicles. No wonder cycling is so popular here, it's just using existing ancient oaths.

Breakfast on the 3rd day as I start my climb into the alps. I have entered the Tyrol region of Austria So much cooler than yesterday. A beautiful area brimming with nature and beautiful buildings. A stunning cycle.

It's 7am. I have already cycled 15 kms to start early out of the 30+ heat today. Having breakfast with a filled roll and a pretzel. Life is sweet.

Hooten

Here is a tube delivery system at Christchurch hospital. It's the first time I have ever seen one working.

Well so much for fact checking this rubbish. Just did it in Gemini, which is google

Waiting in a specialists offices that focus on bowels. This is the statue in the waiting room. Someone has a sense of humor.

Just been to our favorite Asian supermarket and came back with... Banana Sauce! Nope, no idea what it is or how to use it. Looking forward to new recipes.

What the heck is that green and brown floppy thing and how did it work?

Fielding is fielding a new idea.

He does have a very good point. Edwards should apologise and say he used AI to generate the article.

Palmerston North ... where 4 people equals a crowd.

Sadly Keri Hound's. "The Bone People" was out of the Harwera Stick Library.

Old Cromwell is so well done, but sometimes feels like you are visiting ancient Roman remains. Here are where the ancient comwellians worked and lived

Accidentally did a 10km MTN bikeride yesterday. I found out it was one way only a d couldn't get off it There had been an event a few days earlier and the track was modified with new paths. Really tricky for me but the first time I really trusted the bike and tires Took an hour.

Cromwell old town is something else. Well worth visiting.

I found a museum in the back of a shop in Geraldine! It's really good. Including a native Peel fox getting amorous with a duck.

Proposed route

Gebbies pass climb to summit. You can see the road slicing into the cliff face as it winds to the top and the distance from where I am to the end vertically .

Gebbies pass with lake Ellesmere in the distance.

The juxtaposition of these two article titles seem oddly appropriate.