tuesday

A bit of bother with my peddle so second day here to try to get it fixed the bearings have gone anyway the young lad could not do anything with it, so it is safe if annoying to ride so will carry on tomorrow. Spent day walking around kaikaoura peninsular (kai - eat, kaoura-crayfish) i have a small bit of fish for my tea, but the crayfish which look a bit like lobsters are out of my price range!. loads of seals basking on rocks and even in the car park at the point _signs warn you to keep a distance but a bit difficult for one car owner to do that! No sign of whales, there are sperm whales in the area but they dive to large depths for long spells so are difficult to see from the land. the blue whale migrates from the Antarctic along this route but it is the wrong time of year
Long conversation with the surfing dude checkout lad at the new world stores supermarket. i learnt that he came from north London but left home age 17 and has been traveling ever since.