First stop was Tapanui where Margaret was to visit an ex-work colleague. It turned out that he was out of town on a school camping trip, so we had a coffee at the Chisel Cafe before returning to the road.
Around Roxborough we stopped at a couple of fruit stands and picked up fresh peaches and apricots. We really like the "sails" that are used throughout the country to provide shade from the fierce southern sun.
A little later we found a picnic area beside the Clutha River and enjoyed our lunch which included some of our fruit purchases.
North of Roxborough the scenery changed, becoming much more rocky, the fields much drier, and very few trees growing on the hills.
Temperature was about 29 C when we arrived in Cromwell and it was very windy. Thankfully the wind has died down now and it is a beautiful warm evening. If I cannot sleep tonight I can always count sheep.
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