So today I went and picked up my car for the travels that commence tomorrow. It is a lovely silver Sirion. It is dead nippy as it's a 1.3 which I am not use to due to my car back in the uk only being a 1.1. After going with Helen to a shopping mall for her to pick up a few things we then came back ate lunch for strength to then enjoy the challenge of putting snow chains on. Due to it being a legality to have to be carrying a pair down in the south of the island....

I have manged to have a fairly chilled day and planned out my travels, so that I know what I am doing in each place. Sadly I awoke to the sound of rain and was not lucky enough to enjoy another day of sunshine, which I am sure pleases everybody back in the UK. Marathon training has been commenced over here in NZ and I needed a t-shirt that said 'I am not stupid but training for a marathon' today. I went out in ice cold rain and completed a 6km run, which was goo...

Well 30 hours of travelling, 5 airports and 4 flights and I have finally arrived at the other side of the world. I am surprisingly awake and not feeling too bad from all the travel but I think that might have something to do with the large amount of sleep gained due to diazepam! Apart from having to be in a tiny tin box that flies, the travel was alright and the food was always welcome along with catching up on films that I never got round to seeing. For all of ...