The weather refused to improve for rest of the day in Wellington. We decided to go for the 4pm showing of the Green Hornet and eat later. We struggled through the cold rain the short distance to the cinema and settled in for a very mediocre movie. Our alternate was to watch the King’s Speech which in hindsight would have been the better choice. However, we felt a drama could wait for DVD while an action movie was best watched on the big screen. It passed the time.
We ended up eating in the food court in the cinema complex where we had a good sized curry for a very reasonable price. We ended up spending the rest of the evening in the hotel room with a bottle of wine watching another movie.
This morning we took the ferry to the south island. There were warnings of an uncomfortable ride with 4 meter swells. The ferry did swing around a bit but nothing like we’ve got used to in similar conditions.
Just before arriving in Picton we gave Jackie and Gary a call on Inspiration Lady as we knew they could be in the area. It turned out they were and were glad to meet up for lunch – as were we. It was nice to meet them and hear what they’ve been up to for the last month. In fact we had a pretty good feeling all round. A lot of that had to be the sunshine which greeted us in the south island.
After lunch we headed off in the direction of the Abel Tasman National Park where we intend to hike soon. We’ve stopped off at a Top 10 campsite and pitched the tent. We plan on relaxing a little tomorrow and use the time to make up our minds what to do in the park.
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