You just know when you've had the most amazing day because your mind is full of the wonderful things you've seen, heard and experienced, and today was one of those days. It began unremarkably with a grey cloudy day and a weather forecast of heavy rain for the afternoon. We had decided to drive over Arthur's Pass to Springfield and return - hopefully in dry bright weather and before the rain set in. Almost as soon as we set off the cloud melted before our eyes a...

We woke to heavy grey skies and a deep bank of dark grey cloud over the Tasman sea, a good day to be moving on! So easy to pack up a motorhome, not! The number of times forget to lock a drawer or cupboard, forget to put the table leg on the bed so it doesn't roll around....we'll get there in the end! Stopped off in Takaka to buy some mossie bite cream (when did they get us?) and some more food rations and a coffee to go. We drove back to Motueka - surely this ...