
Anyway a fantastic cloudless day with a very cold southerly. Hard to believe that less than two weeks ago the temperature was 15-20 C warmer. All day three layers of merino icebreakers under the DriRider and heated grips full on!
Second impressions of Oamaru were much better than the first. They still do nothing with he waterfront but the towns cafes and restaurants that I tried were very nice and the people friendly, smiles and chat were readily forthcoming. There is a penguin colony at the harbour but the penguins are only at home late in the day

Unmemorable stops at Twizel and Geraldine then the delightful inland scenic route to Christchurch. Little or no traffic all day, dry roads and great fun. It's hard to remember to keep the speed reasonable when you hardy see a single police car but of course I did officer (except when overtaking). Honest.