From East to West

After a couple of glorius days in Christchurch, climbing in the Porthills, we decided to leave and head cross country to the Southern Alps in Ruby, our trusty station wagon.



First stop Castle hill, we arrived just as the sun was setting. It was an amazing sight. We decided as there was still a little bit of sunlight left, to go stroll among the boulders. Stupidly, neither of us had thought of checking the forecast, so we got up the next morning to overcast stormy weather. We couldn't see more than a couple of hundreds metres. Disappointed we couldn't go bouldering we cut our loses and headed out West to Greymouth, where we spent the afternoon, rummaging around secondhand shops, drinking coffee and eating carrot. What more could you ask of a rainy Tuesday afternoon :)



Unfortunately, the rain still hasn't stopped. Today, we explored the rainforests in a National Park just north of Greymouth. It was beautiful and the wet and greyness only added to the atmosphere.



Now I have had enough rain and want to go climbing. Fingers crossed for this weekend :). Although on an positive note, the rain down low, hopefully, means snow up high - which is good for the snow season :)