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# Route Mon 4 May — Cheviot to Kaikoura
- URL: https://vaughan.ai/blog/route-mon-4-may-cheviot-to-kaikoura/
- Published: 2009-05-03T16:42:32.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-07T23:20:13.000Z
- Author: Vaughan Fergusson
- Tags: Daily Routes, #medium-import

![on-way-to-kaikoura](https://vaughan.ai/content/images/2026/11/b185c36dbd00.jpg)

A few hills on route today. The first I breezed over, the next few were a bit more of a challenge but I put my mind to it and grinded up and over. For a bonus when going down the final steep decent into the flat-ish coast road to Kaikoura, I actually overtook a car!