7 Mar
I awoke early at Anna and Rob`s but spent a lot of time sorting out the packing arrangement of my panniers. It us a lot easier doing this at a tent site because if you clear the site you know you have everything even if some things are in strange places. A cabin is usually OK but it pays to check under pillows and beds for stray items that can easily get left behind. I am pretty sure I left my soap at Anna's but its not a major loss. Wallets and mobiles are a different. story and I fortunately haven't bad a repeat of the missing wallet episode. It is a major relief being back back in the North Island where a return home in an emergency is a single 6 or 7 hour bus trip home. Unlikel Temuka.
I packed up the bike at the top of Brooklyn and ride to the Railway Station. For $9.50 I thought it was worth avoiding the madness of the hilly and narrow roads out of Wellington by taking the train to Waikanae. It is a pretty train ride once you get out along the coast and the sea was dead calm. At Waikanae I put the front panniers back on the bike. It was a beautiful day-the sun was shining. It felt like summer - finally. It feel good to be back on the road and the bike wash going well
I craved a banana milk shake and a paua fritter for lunch. I should have gone for the gourmet fritter because the cheap one was all mush. This was in Otaki where the clothes shops. are. No room for going wild in the shops there.
The next major town is Levin with a choice of Foxton or Shannon next, dependending on the route. I chose to stay in Levin in a nice camp east of the town. It seemed like summer is finally here.
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