Day 10 -81kms - lake waihola to middlemarch

Hardest day on tour. Relentless climbs and the first day of heat (28d) combined to bit me real hard. What a struggle. The best part of the day was finding a nice cabin in middlemarch and shouting myself a real pillow. Farewell the coast. Hello otago and the rail trail starts tomorrow. 

Should have sold my bike at the bottom of the hill

Neat 1000 meters vertical. Ouch