Day 10: in and near Nelson

Today we rode about 260 km round trip from Nelson up to Collingwood. Collingwood is a small town on a bay way up in the northern tip of South Island. It is as far as you can go on paved roads. Once again, I took only a couple of pics. In the middle of the ride where there is a peninsula on the map labeled "Abel Tasman National Park" the ride went up into the mountains. The road was lots and lots of tight turns and curves. It was a fun ride through tight mountain roads. Generally our speed was only between 35 and 50 kmph or so. Here are the only two pics from today's ride.

We had a coffee and pastry at a cafe in Collingwood and then headed back to Nelson. There is a classic car show in Nelson Saturday. This means lots of classic cars are on the roads. We have spotted everything from Ford Model T's to 1970's muscle cars and everything in between such as Morris Minors and Jaguars. It's been fun spotting them and trying to identify what the car is and discuss via our helmet communication systems as we ride.