View of Lake Tekapo from our room.

Lake Tekapo

On Thursday morning we started out in the rain to Lake Tekapo. By the time we arrived the sun was shining and the lake was a beautiful aqua colour. The colour is due to rock dust suspended in the water. The next day we went for a 24km bike ride along the river near Twizel.

Although described as a well formed track, it turned out to be mostly loose thick rocks. It was quite flat, but we had to pedal almost continually to make headway. This was after a 11km ride that was classified as moderate but turned out to be quite steep with gravel. Clearly NZ has different standards for classifying rides! Anyway we managed to survive and it was certainly good training for the rail trail. Our hotel for the two nights was Peppers Resort which was lovely and our room had a beautiful view of the lake.