Sometime last year I got talked into an all day bike ride, visiting the community gardens across Christchurch city, with Jen Rouse and Finn Le Seur. This turned out to be a good thing, as I ended up winning a voucher for two on the Big Day Out on the West Coast Wilderness Trail and thus dragged Jen and Finn along on mountain bike for a change! Was a lovely ride, with an obligatory stop at Cowboys Paradise, for that 'I'm about to be murdered and buried in an underground bunker feel!'
20th March 2021.
![West Coast lake reflection](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/c78d632d-f87a-4698-b803-4696d9fae07c_rw_3840.jpg?h=771cdcb41df70697b69b5e9551ec520e)
Classic West Coast reflection
![Two people by an historic dam on a river](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/11064e5a-a16f-448e-a5fb-095c2ab86667_rw_3840.jpg?h=06273f942d17c2614d04be009d96685e)
Jen and Finn checking out an historic dam site.
![Three bike on the West Coast Wilderness Trail](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/3e3fe552-877e-4df3-ac6c-fd335162140d_rw_3840.jpg?h=6f27d047769dc553d7f3a8f97ccdefd8)
Bikes on the trail.
![Two people biking over a bridge, West Coast Wilderness Trail](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/61657652-6702-4c84-afa2-e9c6cb808e56_rw_3840.jpg?h=74b12491dafec4af7b7b6ecab29d8a98)
Jen and Finn and bikes on a bridge!
![View down into a deep gulch off a bridge](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/e59afe28-b3fb-4f5a-9bc7-78f90b168ea8_rw_3840.jpg?h=26b85b6b3e0c42283b89647e87c794d6)
Lovely West Coast gulch!
![Portrait over a mountain biker](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/c9759e9c-a49d-45ec-9fde-dd92fd5fe034_rw_3840.jpg?h=9907587842775ded4902c4eb24713d74)
Finn is having a great day out, matching his blue bike!
![Two mountain bikers pause on a corner of the West Coast Wilderness Trail, to admire the view](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/8acaeb8a-d181-46a3-a3e3-9c8d01c32a5a_rw_3840.jpg?h=5eb867eafff54c91c0534a9b1072e532)
Yet another scenic pause.
![A blue mushroom](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/a390f9a4-5544-4e44-8679-160d6735d81a_rw_1920.jpg?h=a6a26355d8681536fc8f50da4f926bd7)
A great New Zealand native
![A blue mushroom](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/26907fb2-2e74-4a7c-9a0a-2add51fc8a11_rw_1920.jpg?h=cd172fa09d1cd929ed7df595b8edfd90)
So blue
![Black and white photo of a couple at Lake Kaniere](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/0590ff18-17a4-41b0-bdb7-3a17bdda11fe_rw_3840.jpg?h=4ee74b09bab6a3b8d299bb8cd4bffe09)
Finn and Jen at Lake Kaniere
![Black and white photo of Lake Kaniere](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/6a92d8c4-f50f-4f2f-b3ed-fe3f3251d93d_rw_3840.jpg?h=c3e70e3cd20abe65da56b7c46c4b977c)
Lake Kaniere in greyscale
![Reflections of ferns in a still creek](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/a4bf7a80-66c4-4ead-9f48-ff5dd98acbeb_rw_1920.jpg?h=c204fa5e977cf456a0944b064b07db3e)
Confusing at this photo is, the absolute clarity and detail of the reflection to the sky in this creek by the track was just amazing.