Nelson (1 Dec 2010)

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Wednesday 1st December 2010 (Wellington – Nelson)

Picked up by a new driver Flee just for short the trip to the ferry terminal. A very scenic & smooth 2 hour crossing to Picton & we were met by our next driver “Kane-It”. Onward to Nelson for our overnight stay, where we had to use an overflow guest house for a double room, but it was great as they had free wi-fi & ice cream (not that we ate any – but it added to the ambience)!

Feeling a bit stiff we decided to go for a run. Kane suggested a route along the river and we followed it past the golf course until we reached our turning point, but luckily a local runner was out & he saved us re-tracing our steps by showing us a route through the forest looping back to town. It was a long hard run but we really enjoyed pushing ourselves as the heat waned.

After our run we went over the road for a well deserved Roast (Joanne’s was a strange combination of chip shop fish with all the trimmings) and Chocolate Brownies with Ice Cream – Yum! Then back on the road for a hike up a small mountain (hill) to the official centre point of New Zealand for a glorious sunset.

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Comments

[Mark]

South Island
Didnt get there, pixs look good, cant see any fun in running!