DAY FOURTY EIGHT

This morning we said a very sad goodbye to Sharon and Grant and after a laundry stop in Cromwell drove through to Alexander where we plan to stay for 3 nights. Today I realised I didnt tell you anything about the air show programme yesterday so here goes. It was full on non stop entertainment from 10 till 4. But we got a bit extra with planes flying over our camp site till early evening. There were exciting American jets breaking the sound barrier. They can fly to Christchurch in 6 mins. A group of paratroopers trailing coloured smoke,
Lots of heart stopping aerobatics with smoke, a line up of helicopters did a choreographed display showing how flexible they are, a glider even did a loop leaving a trail of smoke and there was a mock battle with big guns and explosions. The commentary was really interesting with nice clear sound. Excellent entertainment which has us planning a trip to the Wairarapa next year for 'Wings over Wairarapa'.
This afternoon we unloaded the bikes and rode 27km doing a loop which goes along the river into Clyde and then along a trail back to our Motorhome. A pretty ride but quite demanding at times on account of rocky surface blind corners and idiots going fast in the opposite direction. 😬
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