Day 6 - Kowahi Point to St Arnuard
Woke to drizzle today, packed up & had breakfast whilst dodging rain showers (& sandflies)
Easy 27km ride to St Arnuard this morning - found Andy's parents bach - No
one home yet... so headed into St Arnuard village to tidy up before hopefully meeting Andy's parents later in the day, thanks to the Doc campground that has pay as you go showers.Heard from A & A they were in Hanmer unsure at this point if the were going to make the trip as the weather at their end was looking very dodgy! So we just had to wait & pray they made it.
After lovely hot showers we went & found a cafe & had yummy pies for lunch..
Scott wanted to teach them how to make coffee as their coffee making skills were lacking - but he manged to restrain himself!
After lunch the sun came out & we managed to take over a campsite (illegally) to get the tent dry , then put all our
belonging in the hand of a stranger while we went for a walk down the lake ( well she was not really a stranger as we meet her 2 hours earlier @ the showers - practically family now!)About 4ish we decided to bike back to Andy parents bach to see if anyone had arrived yet & arrived to the smell of freshly baked Bran Muffins - thanks to Viv (Andy's mum).
Nobody knew for sure if A & A had made it through the rainbow until we made contact with Andy calling asking for a pick up? They had had a headwind the entire day & were over it! But what champions for riding so far just to spend a night with us & his parents only to ride back the next day!
The rest of the night consisted of great food & lots of wine ....
Thanks to Andy's parents for they amazing hospitality & comfortable bed.
Technical riding details lost due to copious amounts of good food & wine.
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