gwilson7656Jan 23, 20213 min readTuesday 19th February 2019 - to Christchurch Our final day started grey, overcast and wet! In some ways that was good as we didn’t mind leaving bad weather. In other ways we would...
gwilson7656Jan 23, 20213 min readMonday 18th February 2019 - Sealy Tarns & the Mueller HutAnother sunny morning. This weather has been amazing, and Adrienne says that too. One trip she did they only had 3 good days. I don’t...
gwilson7656Jan 23, 20211 min readSunday 17th February 2019 - to Mount Cook, AorakiIt’s our 40th wedding anniversary today! Wow! Today we left the basic comforts of our accommodation in Queenstown to head to Mount Cook....
gwilson7656Jan 23, 20211 min readSaturday 16th February 2019 - QueenstownThe first lazy start of this trip. Our accommodation gives us an en-suite room then a shared kitchen and lounge area. This meant we could...
gwilson7656Jan 23, 20211 min readFriday 15th February 2019 - to Queenstown Back to dry weather again! But not too early a start, only 8a.m. Following breakfast it was a short walk from the campsite up through the...
gwilson7656Jan 23, 20211 min read15th February 2019. Hello! We’re back!What an adventure we have had, and we still have a few more days to go. But for now we are in Queenstown and we have a day off. First...
gwilson7656Jan 23, 20212 min readThursday 14th February 2019 - Milford SoundSo it really can rain in New Zealand! We had heard the rain on the tent through the night and it was still raining when we got up at...
gwilson7656Jan 22, 20213 min readWednesday 13th February 2019 - onto Knobs FlatOne of the advantages of this camping lark is that you are much more in sync with the daylight hours. So, as our bunkhouse had nothing at...
gwilson7656Jan 22, 20213 min readTuesday 12th February 2019 - to Aspiring HutAn early start again today as there was lots to fit in. There had been a lot of rain overnight, but it was clearing up as we got up,...
gwilson7656Jan 22, 20212 min readMonday 11th February 2019 - Franz Josef glacierYou know, there are some days you just wonder what on earth you are doing. Today was one of those days for me! We had to be up at 6.15 to...
gwilson7656Jan 22, 20212 min readSunday 10th February 2019 - cycling!A belated Happy Birthday Aunty Joy!! How lovely to sleep in a bed and to be able to make a cup of tea as soon as we woke up! Today was...
gwilson7656Jan 22, 20213 min readSaturday 9th February 2019 - on to HokitikaWell, it had to happen sooner or later - we woke as the sky began to lighten, to rain! Plus the sight of the mist rising through the...
gwilson7656Jan 22, 20213 min readFriday 8th February 2019Another day of adventure! We had rain in the night again but woke to a fine morning. The accommodation allowed for a cooked breakfast...
gwilson7656Jan 22, 20212 min readThursday 7th February 2019 - onto MurchisonWe saw the sun come up over the hills - yes we were up early! We had to be picked up by a small water taxi to be taken to possibly Apple...
gwilson7656Jan 22, 20212 min readWednesday 6th February 2019 - Anchorage Today is Waitangi Day, the day of the signing of the agreement between the UK and the Maori people in 1840. It rained in the night. And...
gwilson7656Jan 22, 20212 min readTuesday 5th February 2019. Nelson to Bark BayWhat an amazing day! I’m feeling a little emotional sitting here at our campsite at Bark Bay in the Abel Tasman National Park. A small...
gwilson7656Jan 21, 20212 min read4th February 2019 – NelsonThe day started reasonably early as we needed to leave the hotel around 8.15 to get to the airport, via a petrol station, drop off the...
gwilson7656Jan 20, 20213 min read3rd February 2019 - Wellington As it was a Sunday and we were not moving on anywhere we decided to see if there was a local Methodist Church. There was, not far from...
gwilson7656Jan 20, 20212 min read2nd February 2019 - From the frying pan into the fire!And so we have left Tongariro with its risk of volcanic eruption...... A hole in this roof in a mountain hut we passed yesterday was...
