Charteris Bay

After doing all the water things we drove towards Christchurch to refuel. In light rain we began to look for a Mobil Station. After driving for about 20ks we stopped on the side of the road and looked on the interenet. We eventually got diesel at Prebbleton. The servo also sells Race gas at the pumps! We then drove back towards Akaroa to go over Gebbies Pass to Charteris Bay. Lorna stayed in the bus up on the road while Mike went down and made contact. Paul and Pat pritchett invited us to spend the night at their place. We accepted and spent an evening catching up on Optimist stuff.
On Monday we drove round the head of the Lyttleton Harbour before setting up at the Charteris Bay Yacht club for the two evening coaching sessions. it was quite windy on Monday, and the wind died on Tuesday. On Tuesday Paul and Pat took us for a cruise in their 1930s traditional Launch Mapu. We saw Quail Island and another secluded bay in the upper harbour and Paul told us some of the history and a little geology. On Wednesday Morning we set off with Mike suffering from a cold and drove to Tinwald on the southern outskirts of Ashburton where we spent the afternoon and night. It seems that I can only put photos on this site when we can get 3g. I will keep trying though.