Rotorua is our second home. We LOVE Rotorua because of the outdoors life style and because that is where our eldest daughter and her family live. Mountain biking and walking in the majestic Redwood Forest is one of our happy places Swimming, water skiing, paddle boarding and boating in one of Rotorua’s 16 lakes are the others. Last weekend we had a fantastic time at Crankworx an international mountain bike competition. I went for a couple of mountain bike rides with Andy and my dad (78). On one of the rides I got a tad cocky and spilled off my bike (while trying to avoid the tree in front of me), down a hill on my side, I landed. Quickly I raised both arms, one at a time to make sure I hadn’t broken them and dragged myself up the hill, very sore. I have learnt I need to know my limits, but I am a real mountain biker now with a couple of bruises to prove it.