The South Island was rapidly becoming circumnavigated by Stan. We hastened to the very end of the island and on a fabulous day walked a few hundred yards to Cape Farewell. The Tasman Sea is behind looking fairly aggressive.
To return to Picton ferry port we should have gone East, but we turned west to see the beautiful Whanganui Nature Reserve. At three o'clock we set off up Knuckle Hill for a 500 metre high, 360 degree view. It was a two hour climb with the last part a scramble. The views were spectacular. The following day we decided to buy two new tyres and book the ferry. First we had to climb the severe Takaka Hill. Stan boiled over and a water hose was found to have split. We had this replaced in Motueka. We bought tyres 40 kilometres on in Nelson and booked the ferry for the next day. 20 kms further on Stan boiled over again. We had many miles to cover before the ferry terminal, but fortunately we had a great deal of water. We used most of it and arrived in Picton in the dark. At least we should be able to catch the ferry the next day and be on the North Island.
1 comment:
hi kathy and jeremy,
it's really sad what your doing to an old man like stan!!he keeps on going tho.
lovely story.
all the best
love,
david and mary.
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