More motivation from the support team lifted her to continue on. When finishing, O’Reilly was overwhelmed by relief knowing the swim was over, she said.
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Caitlin O Reilly during her swim across Foveaux Strait on Wednesday. Her mother, Courtney O’Reilly, said: “I couldn’t be more proud of her. “She has achieved what she wanted to achieve.” Courtney travelled by ferry to Bluff after watching Caitlin begin the swim and then based herself in a van on the top of Bluff Hill for text and photo updates from husband Mike, who was aboard a support boat.
“Ultimately, they are the ones who are going to get into trouble.” Hyde said logistics, like arranging road closures and scheduling times, made it impossible to move the Hill Climb Champs to another day. Christchurch rider David Dickson had signed up to participate in the Post Classic Pre ‘89 race, but changed his mind when he saw the weather outside. “I looked out the window and thought, nah,” he said. “It’s a shame, really.” Instead, he and some friends were staying warm and having a couple of drinks at a nearby restaurant. A group of Hamilton riders who had been looking forward to watching the races, used the time to try some local specialities instead, enjoying a feed of muttonbird and the biggest burger Laurence Day said he had ever tried to eat.
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The landslide used to be as high as the gutter. The earth that was piled up to the house’s rear gutter has been largely cleared, and the bank has been carved into large steps in preparation for retaining walls. “The bank was the most significant and imminent risk, so we had to tackle that first. It might not look like it, but we’ve done a lot of work moving dirt around to get to this point,” he said. “It can totally be fixed. It’s a massive job and it will be expensive, but at the end of the day we’re 100 per cent dedicated to fixing it up because it’s our forever home,” he said.