Hannah and Lynelle completed the blog for day 3 but as we were out off cell phone coverage going through Thompsons Gorge to St Bathans no updates were available from us.
Everything went well though Thompsons Gorge. Much better going the opposite way to the Gold Rush course. There seemed to must more downhill going from west to east. We had the Cook family and Matt and Debbie as support and co participants. We had such a good time and the day epitomised what this challenge is all about ‘family and friends doing something a little outside the ordinary’! Emily Cook who is 12 rode from the saddle going into the gorge to about 1
8 Km from St Bathans. A great effort!We made St Bathans just as the sun went down and instead of biking another 4 km out to the Hawkdun Run woolshed we put the bikes on the truck and set up our ‘digs’ for the night before we went back to the Vulcan Hotel for dinner. Many thanks to Dick and Joan for allowing us to bunk down as guests in their woolshed.
Mike the Publican was a great host and kept us entertained as a true Publican should! Russell and Robyn (part time locals for the last 20 years) helped fill in any gaps in the conversation during the evening and we managed to raise $200 for the Riverton Coastguard. Very generous locals and not so locals. It was great to meet Kerry Prendergast Her worship the Mayor of Wellington and her friends who happened to be celebrating their completion of the ‘Otago Central Rail Trail’ with dinner at the Vulcan.Mike dropped $50 into our donation bucket along with some ‘sustenance’ for the following day (nut bars and moros) as we left and headed back to the woolshed.
Another great day done!
Signing off Nick & Denis
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