Westport Beach, South Island, NZ
Distance cycled: 85km from Bobs place to Westport, South Island, New Zealand.
Average speed: 19.7km/h
Moving Time: 4h13m
Elevation Ascended: 750m
Total Distance on Current trip: 2,592km
Distance until I have cycled the circumference of Earth: 5,815km
Money spent: $8
My GPS has screwed this one up slightly… a descent of 500m below sea level??
I mentioned in yesterday's post that this morning would be awful as it was peak season for sand flies but thankfully but also disappointingly it was raining. For whatever reason the sandflies found refuge in Spencer's tent vestibule and didn't bother me so much.
Anyway, we took our time with packing and waited for the sun to come out before we set off.
It was 85km of cycling in the mountains, hills and valley of the Buller national park and most of it was descending to the coast, it was a staggering road with little in the way of townships however we did stop off at a small cafe only asking for a pie to munch down but due to the microwave blowing up our pies were left cold and the waitress offered us something off the menu for free, we both opted for the Niger which was delicious but far to much food to eat before having to mount the bicycle and cycle the last 30 or so kilometers.
Before dark we made it to the town of Westport and as we were a little damp from a quick shower we tried contacting a member on warm-showers, Janet wasn't all that keen on having us over and just by the tone of her voice I really didn't want to stay with her so we headed to the free camping spot on the beach.
Meeting a smiling German couple on arrival we pitched our tents and as we started cooking they gave us some fried fish, this with the leftovers from yesterday and rice we had a fantastic feed before both heading to bed.
Please don't rain tonight, I really do want a good nights sleep.
On our way to the coast
Camping at the beach
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