It was pouring with rain first thing, which didn't look too promising, but had cheered up considerably by the time we set off for the 50 minute drive into Nelson. We drove along the waterfront past some lovely looking restaurants and parked in the town centre. We set off for the weekly Saturday morning market held in ... Square which is down in all the guide books as a 'must see' while you are in the area. We found it reasonably easily down an alley way off ... S...

We left Blenheim in beautiful sunshine and were soon back on the open and, as usual, almost deserted roads. We passed through Havelock and shortly after that we were climbing through twisting and turning roads and many steep bends as we crossed the beautiful mountains of the Richmond Range on our journey to Nelson. As we decended into Nelson the road took us right next to the sea which was flat calm and sparkling in the sunshine. In the distance you could see th...