Final South Island ride

6/2

I started the day with a bowl of peas, as I wouldn't have kitchen facilities for the rest of the trip.

I take a really long time getting to Picton, with lots of breaks. There was even a bike path parallel to the road and rail for a few kilometres out of Blenheim.

There's a cool display that lights up when a bike rider goes past - alerting other road users that there's a bicycle on the bridge.

Bridge bicycle alert

In Picton I check out the old ship, which used to sail around the world including for convict transport, then became floating storage for meat and later coal.

Fish and chips seemed appropriate for lunch in Picton.

Catching the ferry across to Wellington was interesting. There wasn't a great deal of instruction on getting to the ferry once the boarding was open. Once we got to the ramp, everyone from the bus unloaded onto the walkway and people with bicycles pushed with and through the congestion. I think that could have been better handled by the ferry staff.

It was a bit cramped at the bike racks and I was tired. I accidentally snap the gear indicator window off as it pushes against another bike's handlebars.

The journey was pleasant enough to begin with. Some nice scenery and pretty reliable mobile phone signal. Once out of the sounds though, I felt a bit nauseous.

Getting settled into the hotel, I wander down to the food court and have some Korean popcorn chicken for dinner.