We were up fairly early this morning as we needed to prepare the van for returning it to Wilderness. First job was to have Spainish omelette sandwiches to use up the fridge contents, then, with all relevant tanks refilled or emptied, we set off back to Christchurch. Once there we finished up our ice creams then unloaded everything!
As Wilderness had no one available to drive us to Apex to get our hire car, we drove there in the van, completed the paperwork and then Mick returned the van while I waited, and waited, for our car to be ready. Eventually I was given our new chariot for the next stage of our adventure, and we packed it with all our luggage. Lucky it's got a huge boot!
The very friendly host on our last campsite had recommended a good stop for lunch, the Pukeko Junction. We duly found it, just south of Amberley, and had a delicious meal.
This church was in Amberley, and we had a good view of it as we were stopped at the roadworks for some time!
We carried on driving north to Kaikoura, through a couple of interesting areas, but the sky got darker and darker. By the time we arrived the wind was howling a gale, and the waves were getting bigger and bigger. We're due to go whale watching tomorrow morning at 7.45, but won't be too surprised if it is cancelled.
Finally got to our B&B at about 5 pm, and have a lovely room, with an attached lounge. We would be sharing this with other guests, but we appear to be the only ones here. A welcome cup of tea and a muffin on arrival, and we are now pursuing all the available books and leaflets prior to going out to eat.
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