Meyricke Serjeantson

February 17

Lawrence to Dunedin

It was a dull and murky morning. Barbara and Stephen went off to do a guided tour for a coach party. I organised myself, had some breakfast, and walked into the village. That is about a kilometre along the main road, which was fairly busy.

A dull morning - before the cars got up	The buns were better than the building

I stopped at a French bakery for coffee and a bun. The man said it was the lowest sugar bun that he had so I ate it with a slightly clear conscience.

The path North West is the Clutha Gold Trail, a walking and cycling trail, which I walked part of a few years ago. I followed it for about one and a half kilometres, meeting quite a number of cyclists en route.

The Clutha Gold Trail	I met lots of cyclists
I reached the Chinese Camp	A small coach party
We congregated round the old house	This is a fruit growing area

I ceased my walk at the Chinese Camp, where the Chinese miners were forced to settle during the gold rush. Barbara and Stephen were acting as guides to a small coach party and explaining the history of the place.

The sun was shining now and we drove up the road to Beaumont, where the historic - straight out of the Wild West - road bridge is being replaced by a smart new one. It is somewhat chaotic and we navigated our way through the road works and into the Beaumont Hotel's car park. We sat in the garden and had lunch - mine was particularly large - before returning home.

After a suitable period for rest, I set off on the 40 kilometre descent to the main State Highway, I didn't get badly delayed by the road works and arrived on the main road without incident.

From there, it was another 60 kilometres to Dunedin and the only excitement was the road works near Mosgiel, which caused a major diversion and a long queue. I arrived in Dunedin, however, found Paul & Kris's house and settled in for a quiet evening.