We arrived with plenty of the day to spare and our plan was to rent a car for the next day, so we could explore Picton, Blenheim and the surrounding areas. Being only a day the prices ranged from $80 to $120 (£36 to £54) prices that we decided to not go with. We didn’t have much of our day left as we had spent a large proportion of our time contemplating what to do over a drink at the Waterfront Café; which does the best Strawberry smoothie I have ever had, though Jen informs me that in contrast they also do the worst coffee she’s ever had, clearly they just like me more than her.
What we time we did have left we spent discovering the pleasures of having a swimming pool at our hostel, that’s right a pool at a hostel- has to be a first, and for our evening meal we went to Oxley’s on London Quay, coincidentally once again my dinner was better than Jen’s- something tells me she’s just getting picky in her old age, though I did agree her pizza was pretty poor.
Our second day in Picton was a beautiful day though we were sort of lost as to what to do, having originally planned our day around the car. We did decide to walk the Snout bay via Queen Charlotte’s View track, which took us about four and a half hours including many photo opportunities and lunch at the end of the Snout Track, watching the world go by. The walk is very scenic, though quite challenging in parts.
Our final day in Picton and oh how the weather changes quickly in New Zealand, overnight we were witness to our first storm- though it wasn’t a massive storm by any means and we woke to heavy downfall. Having to carry our backpacks around with us, we decided against doing anything strenuous in the awful weather. Instead, we stopped by Gusto’s for a Hot Chocolate… such a hard life.
Onto Nelson next.
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