Rain!

We have had uninterrupted rides for over a week now...and the fire warnings have risen to High...last night it rained steadily and as we got ready this morning....it started again!! It is much needed so no complaints!!

This morning's ride was a little shortened....no bike, just the coffee and muffins at the Vines Village on Rauparra Road!!..and a visit to the Quilting Barn of course. I limited myself to 50NZD.....four fat quarters and a couple of tools that I haven't seen locally in Scotland..and a thimble that actually fits my fingers!!

We dropped the pirate off at Braysher Park on the way back and he had a whale of a time looking at mowing machinery amongst other things at the Agricultural Museum there.."the best ten dollars he has spent in a long time"!!
Of course the sun came out from the clouds and made up for the chilly morning with a vengeance..and when it cooled a little three of us (all girls) went for a ride up the Taylor River floodplain track.
Being a limestone area as you go up the river it disappears and appears again. By the Wither Hills we went back on the road and carried on up the valley past the Taylor River Dam, and the honey factory...to where, by the sign "share the road"... the seal finishes and it turns to a gravel road.
If you are on a mountain bike you can carry on over the pass to Seddon. As we were on road bikes we turned and had a fast tail wind ride back!!