It about as close to the end of the gravel as we were to civilisation. Lots of climbing with the lumpy terrain. Lots of teasing with sealed road for a few hundred metres at a time. This day's hyperlapse will be in a lower resolution as I didn't have enough battery power to back up the whole memory card, and would have run out of recording space had I kept it at the camera's maximum resolution.
Not wanting to burn out, I took plenty of breaks on this segment.
Scenery is nice, but I think I've absorbed as much as I can.
It was frustrating to have gravel on the downhills. My brakes were on most of the way down Taylor Pass. There was one part where I was being blown about and lost control (at pretty low speed) taking a turn, downhill on gravel. The final leg was all headwind and James was waiting on the side of the road for me. He reckons he gained 20 minutes.
Meat and chips in Blenheim
Such architecture in Blenheim
Ok, that just looks weird
The dish known as N3
The waitress couldn't handle the name of the dish, nor the English description. So I had to ask for N3 and got N3 served.
Stencil in the urban area of Blenheim
I was also able to pick up a multi connector charge cable at a variety store. It had USB type C, micro USB and lightning connectors. It doesn't seem to have the data lines connected so none of the fancy charge modes can be negotiated. I found my GPD Pocket battery level go down very slowly while plugged in with this cable and being used. There were no suitable cables at The Warehouse and no affordable ones at Harvey Norman. I buy a massage ball to replace the one I left behind in Hanmer Springs (too tired - slipping up).
I then decide that I'll scoot off to Wellington earlier and chill out. James takes the long way to Picton, getting to Wellington a day later.
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