I started my drive north, my first planned stop was Martinborough to check out the famous wine region.Unfortunately I missed the junction, which was obviously not sign posted!By the time I realised I was a few too many miles north and the wrong side of the Puketoi Mountain Range. b*****. It was one of the things I knew Elizabeth & JJ would want to do when they join me in a week. I wasn't a complete disaster as the wrong road took me back through Palmerston N...

Auckland 26 June After a really s***ty nights sleep on the metal chairs in Melbourne Airport, I was glad to get on the plane.Despite the Arctic temperatures I managed to sleep for the whole flight briefly waking to devour the rubbery eggs and soggy bacon which Quantas call an English breakfast, the rest of the world think so highly of our culinary skills. It was a really bright, cold crisp morning as I stepped out of Auckland airport and headed for the shuttle ...