Day 7, Monday 29th March 2010

Another fantastic day dawned in Blenheim. We set off from Woodbourne aerodrome at approximately 11am and tracked overhead Omaka towards the East Coast, overhead Kaikoura, Rangiora and landed two hours later in Ashburton for lunch. An originally unscheduled stop as we were too large to fit at Rangiora where the others were stopping for lunch, Ashburton opened an invitation to the Cat where we enjoyed a lovely lunch donated by the members of the Ashburton Aerodrome Museum. Eleven of the locals then enjoyed a flight in the Cat while the rest of the cat crew enjoyed a tour of the local aircraft museum. If you have never been to the Ashburton Aerodrome then I thoroughly recommend it. You would not believe the aircraft that they have on display.
At approximately 4pm we left Ashburton on track to Timaru. A very short flight over some spectacular intensively farmed agricultural areas. Timaru hosted us for a spit roast dinner which went down a treat and by 8pm we were on the buses heading to our hotels for a well deserved rest. Today was the biggest flight time for the Cat and we were all quite exhausted. A rest day tomorrow (Tuesday) here in Timaru. Think I might do a bit of retail therapy and some washing!