Woke early and we had both remembered Valentine’s Day! 😍
Today was a longer planned day which due to a navigation error was a lot longer than planned!
After a good breakfast we all set off for what was billed a climb and Marina was due to meet us after 2 hours for a tea break. To cut a long story short we took the wrong turn at the hotel and headed up to the Ohau Ski Lodge. 1000m climbing over 8+ km of zig zag path, very rough, and into cloud. It was freezing at the top and we only realised after a phone call! What a view however!
Vertical Ventures were very good and after and hours cycle down we were back were we started at about 12.45 having set off a 9 and were offered lunch at the Ski Lodge. After some discussion we all decided to start again. After a few minutes one of the Canadian’s Judy decided she had no legs left and her husband, Bruce, also stopped.
After 13km we reached the summit we should have reached.
The ride from this point was lovely with a long stretch of paths some streams and we reached Marina after about 2 hours.
we then had the choice to cycle another 25km or stop and so in the bus. bridget and I were the only ones who cycled! Hard work but we can say we cycle the who trail! We were only 10 mins behind the bus. Over 63km rather than 43!
After a quick change we were off to the famous Omarama Hot Tubs. This was followed by a well earned dinner at the local Omarama Hotel which was full of lots of local agricultural types. We understand why tomorrow.
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You don’t give up easily!
I should think you needed the hot tub and a good dinner after all that.
Scenery looks fantastic.