Day 17 - Springs Junction to Reefton 44 km, 350m,

 After a rest day yesterday spent trying to Zoom in to a meeting (that was a fail for me) we then had a quiet day servicing the bikes and I ran the mower over the grass.

We had planned a 7:30 AM start today for a short ride in to Reefton however the cheese puffs were held up while the coal range came up to temperature. They were out of the oven by 8:00 AM and we were underway by 8:30 AM. The road was lovely and quiet, the temperature was just right and we took 2:25 for the 44 km which after the first 8 km is largely downhill or flat.

The boys made a "B" for the Broadway Cafe as evidently that does the best coffee, that I can't attest however I am quite partial to their Lammingtons.

The day just got better weather wise and the leg of lamb that Ian had popped in to the Pizza Oven when he left an hour after us was cooked to perfection after being left unattended for four hours. It smelt and looked so good that the decision was made to have hot meat sandwiches for lunch.

After that I took the car in to the Junction to fill up and make some calls to organise accommodation which we couldn't get at Moana and so we have settled on Greymouth for our Tuesday night stopover. 


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