Day 5: Blenheim to Kowhai Point
After a very well deserved sleep in this morning (8am) we woke - jumped on our bikes & headed into Blenheim for breakfast (Mc Donald's) & to restock the food supplies.
Arrived back a camp & spent 1 1/2 hours sorting & repacking the panniers.
Thanks to Chile (the hostest with the mostest) for giving us a late check out we did not feel like we had to rush
to much..Once on the road we headed out of Blenheim toward St Arnard.
The road was sealed the majority of the way with vineyards as far as the eye could see.
The entire ride today was a gradual climb making us just have to put in that extra effort the entire way.
Both of our behinds were aching today - even 2 pairs of bike short gave no relief to the situation.
We arrived at Kowhai Point to rain, found the doc camp & set up camp for the night.
Dinner tonight consisted of filled pasta & sauce, once we had eaten & cleaned up we settled into the tent & listened to the rain.
Tomorrow we have a 27km ride to St Arnard where we are hoping to meet our good friends Andy & Andrea who (weather permitting) will be riding up the Rainbow to meet us...
If Andy & Andrea make the trip we will be staying in style tomorrow night @ Andy parents Bach (& hopefully a home cooked meal?)
RIDE TIME: 4:21.09
DISTANCE: 80.3km
AVERAGE SPEED: 18.4km
TOTAL TIME FROM A TO B: 5 hours
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