Day 20 - Lake Lyndon to Lake Coleridge - 24 km 174m




 We thought we would show Peter and Stephen some of our High Country and where better than the road from Lake Lyndon to Lake Coleridge - it was a great day weatherwise for riding and involved a lot of downhill relative to the up. The scenery and environment we were in was totally different to anything we had ridden in the previous 19 days - Of course it would be - it's New Zealand.

As we turned off the sealed road at the Lake Coleridge end to pop up to the intake for the power station in the Lake we encountered 19 military collectors vehicles on the road coming towards us - mostly WW II jeeps and the like along with several support vehicles - most impressive and we learnt from the tail end Charlie that there were quite a few Americans in the convoy who had travelled out from the States to do this trek around the South Island. Just like us - a bunch of people with a common interest out there doing it.

We decided to call an end to our tour there at the inlet to the Power Station and I would venture to suggest that we are the only group of cyclists to have started their journey in Auckland and have it Finish on the shore of Lake Coleridge.

A stop for the biggest piece of Bacon and Egg pie at the Hororata Cafe was next on our itinerary before we made a "B" line for home.

It didn't take too long to unpack the vehicle and bikes and get the washing machine underway along with the shower. A lovely Thai meal finished our day off nicely.

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