Meet (Not Kill) Bill

14 Mar

We hang around Curio bay most of the day and don't leave until 5 pm. The plan is to bike for about two hours and then stay overnight somewhere on the way. As soon as we leave it starts drizzling and it gradually changes into rain. About 7 pm it starts to rain heavilly and within 20 minutes we are completely drenched. I've got 5 cm of water standing in my shoes!

It's cold and the rain doesn't seem to be going away. We consult our guidebooks and it says there's no accommodation until Invercargill some 45 km away! We're really desperate but just as we start thinking about going to houses and begging people to let us stay overnight we see a country club/pub. It's nice warm inside, Jimmy the bartender makes us hot instant soup and lits fire in the stove so that we can dry up our clothes. We have seafood basket and a few beers and chat with the locals. A guy called Bill offers us to stay in his house. We move over there at about 10 pm. He's a really interesting guy and the place looks real cool. We stay up until 2 pm and drink a lot of beer while Bill's telling us his life story.

The next morning we don't get up until 10 am and Bill's late for work but he still cooks great English breakfast for us. But then his boss rings up and it's time to say goodbye. Thanks Bill!