After my Nguaruhoe ascent I had a gentle day taking a scenic route to Raglan on the west coast some way south of Auckland. Not such a nice day so I was very lucky the day before. Raglan is a laid back surfing town, very quiet (no surf).
Then flew to Christchurch where weather for the weekend was superb. Stayed with Pete and Dee for Fri/Sat - many thanks to them - and had a great run in the Port Hills each morning.
Sunday afternoon took a wildlife cruise in Lyttelton Harbour and saw some spectacular action by Hector's Dolphins (that's the name of the species, not the owner!)
Today (Monday) Andy and I were supposed to head to Broken River to go ski touring. Unfortunately the person who had the ski touring kit I was to rent had failed to return it. Anyway it is very windy today and +9C at the skifield so we have delayed a day; had a good mountain bike ride instead. 24C in Christchurch.
That's a neat moment with the dolphin at the top of it's jump. Those Hector's dolphins are cool. We got surrounded by the bigger variety up at Totaranui last Jan.
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