Al and his motorbike excursion

Al and our friend Steve have talked for 2 years about going on a road trip to the West Coast.

Steve goes out on his motorbike every weekend and Al being busy with motor racing just never seemed to be able to commit to a date. I told them at Christmas that they were going on the last weekend of February!
























They set off at 9am on the Saturday and stopped at Greymouth for lunch, and then at Punakaiki to see the pancake rocks.


















They stopped for the night at Line and Ged's holiday home at Westport - the 100 year old "Romily Chateau" as we call it.


































They unloaded and headed up the coast to Karamea and then back to Westport for a meal out and a good night's sleep.

















The next day they headed off nice and early and stopped at Murchison for breakfast then on to Hope in Nelson to have lunch with Line and Ged, then back to Christchurch via the East Coast. They travelled 1236 kms (773 miles) in the 2 days.

South Island map