Cyclists ride on clip-on platforms on the Lake Dunstan Trail.
I felt a certain dread as my flight from Auckland winged its way over the Remarkables with Queenstown Airport in view in the distance. But this was nothing to do with fear of flying, or the notoriously tricky landing at Queenstown - I was more concerned with what awaited me on my three-day trip to Central Otago. As a desperately unfit city type, it was the thought of having to pedal across some of this spectacular, rugged landscape that was causing such anxiety. Would I break down halfway up a dirt track with cramp or incessant wheezing? Would I have to be rescued by my hosts?