Greta valley day 2

3 Mar
Today the weather bomb hit the North Island. I lay in my cabin and it became obvious to me that I had 2 choices.  Wait for a break in the weather and try and make it to Cheviot more or less dry a distance of 33km.  That would leave 56km to get to Kaikoura the following day. The 2nd choice was to stay put in Greta Valley and try to do 100 plus kms with a southerly to push me along. I chose the latter and had a very lazy day listening to 'Feet of Clay'. There isn't much to Greta Valley village.  One can exhaust the social possibilities very quickly.  I bought a 'Press', read it and did the puzzles.  But at least I was dry and warm and comfortable.