Today was officially a shut down rest day with no points on offer. So the minimum for the day was to make the Ferry Crossing across cook straight and bike from Picton to Blenheim. This was a very much needed rest day for me as I was still feeling a bit shattered today. I think most of the others also appreciated it as well. Even though it was supposed to be an easy spin to Blenheim I found myself once again aboard the Dan McDonald express. We had rolled off the hill out of Picton to find Dan up the road in his familiar position low on his bars outputting mega watts. Lee in true green jersey fashion pushed hard to close the gap with encouragement from Clas sitting on his wheel along with a few of us following. 45km an hour plus meant that the group reduced to just Dan, Clas, myself and Scott with the others showing common sense and letting the express train go, or maybe they just blew! It made the short trip even shorter and 49 min latter we where in Blenheim pulling into our motel accommodation for the night.
I had a special treat waiting for me. My two girls Alex and Charlotte come over from their holiday in the sounds to see me. It was so nice to see them and give them a big hug. Also to catch up on some real life. After 8 days of total immersion in Epic camp lifestyle it was good to get a dose of reality and remember the life we left 9 days ago.
The South Island, mainland of New Zealand is now laid out before us starting with Kaikoura tomorrow. Hoping the rest day will have the energy levels up and the body willing.
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