Now, with that small little ride completed, it was time for a holiday. And what to do on holiday" How?s about going riding"

I?d taken a couple of weeks off so the plan was to make my way home slowly taking in plenty of South Island gravel. The first step was to get back down to the bottom of the Island again so I could indeed work my way up the whole island?

The route I?d planned to Invercargill was to avoid SH1 at all costs and also to try to keep to the coast as much as possible, taking in as many gravel roads as I could too.

Things started off badly when I missed my first turn so had to do slightly more of SH1 than I?d wanted but I soon remedied this when I turned and aimed for Brighton. From Brighton I carried on South to Taieri Heads for my first photo stop.
I hit my first gravel just out of Taieri and was impressed ? once again the gravel roads were wide and smooth making for a nice cruising speed. At times the road (or selection of roads) took me inland a little but sooner or later they got me back out to the coast again.  Just the odd little hold-up along the way...

One little diversion inland was into Balclutha where I stopped briefly to pick up a wrap at the Subway before turning back out to the coast to Kaka Point.

From Kaka Point I crossed over to Cannibal Bay and went for a wander on the beach for a few minutes. I didn?t hang around as there were quite a few people there and I was unsure who was a cannibal or who was lunch.

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