We drove down to "the Parade" and left the car rather further away from the city centre than we needed to. We arrived at the I-site just in time to join the Art Deco guided tour, which lasted for an hour and afforded us views and descriptions of the most significant architectural highlights.
We browsed the rather expensive Art Deco shop, had a coffee and then explored the Cathedral of St John, which was also rebuilt in Art Deco style.
The organ was being rebuilt so there was scaffolding all around the altar.
We then drove on the tour suggested by Raymar and reached the car park which was the start of a 5-hour trek to the Gannet colony at Kidnapper's point. the tide was not ideal for this walk, so we stopped in the cafe instead.
Alison took over the driving, so it was back in the mountains again, with fantastic scenery aand view of the crags, but as always nowhere to stop for photos! We stopped in Havelock North and concluded with a visit to Abbey vineyard where there was some degustation followed by the inevitable purchases. after a welcome drink of water, Peter drove on to the guest house, only taking one extra circuit of the hill in the process.
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