March 13
Blanche and Craig, owners of the Old School Inn at Enfield, hosted 11 of our group last night. They sent us to the local pub for dinner and this morning they served us a great egg breakfast at their inn. They had purchased this school 3 years ago after it closed and repurposed it as an inn. They did much of the work themselves and the place is beautiful.
It was the last day and only 20km to go so no one was in a hurry.
As we rode to our destination of Oamaru on the coast we passed by pastures with sheep and cows. Soon, however , we started coming into a small city which is something we have not seen on this trip. One of the first things we came by in Oamaru was their lovely public gardens. You can tell the community takes pride in it since the garden is well cared for. The roses were blooming and their scent was sweet. We soon came to the heart of the city with large churches , many stores and businesses and their harbor where we ended our Alps to Ocean (A2O) ride.
Our tour company brought us back to Twizel to our car and we saw the sun set at Lake Pukaki with Mt Cook in the distance!
