In Masterton

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Hi everyone - I'm in Masterton staying at a friend's place today and been working on the trike with my friend doing some much needed repairs on it - I will over time hopefully type up the last 6 weeks of travel as I can as well as type up my day to day travel stories from now on : ) - i will do some longer posts including about the work on the trike today as I am able to : ) 









 


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