Day Two cont- Did i mention the wind?

Eventful day. The coffee at Havelock was decidedly average so i decided to cheer myself up with second pair of shorts (for comfort) and more air in tyres (for speed). I put the shorts on ok. My flash pump decided to remove the valve core when i unhitched it completely deflating the tyre, four times before victory. Hot and strong wind all the way to St Arnaud so as miserable as ever. I passed a couple touring who had done 30km in 4:30 and were both almost in tears. Made me feel better about the 15kph I was doing at the time. The turn off at Tophouse was a relief, only 50km to go and downhill. Made it to Tapawera on dark. It was shut, even the pub, and I have to walk 500m away from motel to get cell phone coverage. Joy. 190km for the day. A quieter day tomorrow hopefully.