Thursday was to be a short riding day, just under 200km to Christchurch and the plan was to take it easy and then rest up prior to the TT.

I left Kaikoura just before ten and made my way down the only recently reopened SH1. Once again I was keen to check out the road damage ? videos of the Hunderlees taken just after the earthquake had shown massive damage.

Just South of Kaikoura the traffic was stopped for a bit as there were guys working up on a cliff face and I guess they didn?t want us to be squished if they knocked down any rocks.

Hitting the Hunderlees, I was surprised at how good they were. Once again the road crews had obviously been busy and were still working on some sections. The roads were quiet too with very little traffic, although there was still a radar presence to look out for?
In Cheviot I decided to stop for brekkie and spent twenty minutes or so sitting out by the roadside while I topped up my tank. It was getting warmer too ? I had to move from my table in the sun to one under an umbrella.

The rest of the trip into Christchurch was fairly boring ? just a slow trip down SH1 into busy Christchurch. I ended up arriving at the Top Ten a little early but luckily my room was ready so I parked up early and cranked up the air con?

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