Chapel Hill Bed and Breakfast Greymouth
783 Rutherglen Road Greymouth, South Island, 7868, New Zealand
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Coast to coast
... book. Which is remarkably a true story about a man who lived in Kendal and his girlfriend lived in Penrith (and maybe still does) mad we picked this book up in Sidney!!!! Our home is on the map.
Day 3 MON 12TH MAR
Rotherham to Hanmer Springs – 38km 250m+ height gain
Set off after a massive bowl porridge and gingernuts to the view of low clouds. We became thankful for these clouds as they hid the really big mountains in the ...
Organised fun. My favourite!
... of the place. Bad times! In order to distract us from our surroundings the focus of the evening was a fancy dress competition with a canyon swing as the prize. The theme was ‘bin bags’ so at least it was cheap! I really wanted to win that prize so I racked my brain for AGES trying to come up with a winning costume….I then remembered that I have no imagination and no original creativity so gave up and made a batman ...
Rain, Trains and Waterfalls!
... The last time we went this way we had to go through the Gorge in a series of hairpin bends and at one stage had to go over a slip that had occurred. We were stunned by Otira – it was so awful and rundown; we were pleased we didn’t stay there. The paddock behind the hotel allocated for motorhomes was muddy as and we would have got bogged down!! We had to drive through flood waters on this side of the Divide too because of ...
The 'Grey' In Greymouth.
... our way into the hostel but wanting to go into town thought there was no point in drying off as we were going to get rained on even more so went for a walk instead. In a couple of days we are going to be climbing the Franz Josef glacier so wanted to buy a flask so that we could take a brew onto the ice to keep warm. Finding one in warehouse, we got a few more jobs done and then went back to cook tea before calling it a night. ...
Weka birds, Pancake Rocks and Beer!
... one night as there was practically nothing much to do apart from the Monteith's Brewery tour! We all got to our hostels and got ready to head to the Brewery. We were given a tour of the brewery and then went to the tasting room! Here there was one cider and 6 beers to taste and try. I don't mind beer but some were just too strong! After tasting all the beers (and cider that I was happy about!) we were able to have a go and pouring our own ...

