18 degrees, rainy
We woke to a rainy day which is why we had rushed to see Milford Sound yesterday as we knew rain was forecast. We did a bit of motorhome maintenance and shopping and headed out back towards the East coast over long straight roads of rolling farmland. After about 6 hours driving we reached Gore which was where we had selected a campsite for the night. But when our lovely sat nav proudly announced “You have reached your destination”, we both said “oh no we haven’t” and drove straight passed the very run down, sad looking campsite.
The next one we picked was a council run facility in Milton which didn’t look too bad from the road but was run by a very smelly man from a very smelly caravan and we both hesitated when he asked us to step inside! By this time it was pouring down with rain and we didn’t fancy driving any further so we paid our $31 and parked up. Actually it didn’t turn out too bad really. The facilities were clean, although a little dated, with plenty of hot water in the showers.
The rain stopped briefly so we went for a little walk around, but not much to see and then the wind picked up in the early evening, strong enough to buffet the van quite a bit.