What an incredible delight to stay at Sally and John's "Beer Shed". While it's a little ways out of Nelson central, it's so worth the 15 minute journey through gentle countryside, up into the hills to arrive at a lovely wooden barn overlooking the ocean. The Shed itself is in the front of John's barn, and if you're lucky enough he'll leave the door unlocked so you can take an accidental 'peek' at the plane he's building in the hanger back there. YES... he's BUILDING a plane and it's extraordinary to see the architecture behind it. As hosts they are just lovely. Available, deeply caring and genuinely interested in who you are. Because we live on d'Urville Island, our need for logistical management is high, and they kindly offered to house our trailer overnight in the barn (taking cover from an imminent rain storm). Those kind of touches go such a long way when you're hosting with AirBnB, and it made all the difference the next morning when we didn't have to repack wet cardboard boxes of food. And then as we were leaving, John, who pilots one of his many planes on a fairly regular basis over to the island we live on, and suggested if we were ever stuck, they would bring supplies. Just wow.
Do yourself a favour, and stay with Sally and John, just to experience their kindness.