p woodkat... paul has just informed me of an easy jet sale. and for those dates you proposed there are flights for £118, i'm not sure how long this considerable price drop will last so you might want to snap them up sooner rather than later....

hope you had an enjoyable night out. i think you should perhaps buy a thermal blanket.

right you know fun, safety, learning, they are the three ??? of life.... what is that word, i have completely forgot!!! there's been a lot of 'life, love, laugh' going around lately... i know which i prefer!!

take care, miss you both! xxxxxx

hello. jonny - gk says him and nic and phil have got thir flites sorted from 25th to the 10th sept (im gonna go between 2-10)... so get yours booked up, researched/ready to book... ok! everyone else is going 26th-9th!

ok... we are in queenstown, and getting ready to go out tonight! were meeting chayfs mate from uni here and hes gonna show us some local hotspots! we all have no heating in our vans and the nights drop quite cold! Its not the best situation but we can deal with it! (we all have colds)

We will however battle on! Good work on the fence dad, i bet its better than wen we first got it! Oli dont be tight... the leg recovery going ok i trust!??

Nic u gaylord,. well get some snaps of the motor! Maybe well email em all to u.. maybe not!

Joe,

It was piss funny watching dad rebuild that fence on bank holiday monday! A poor show.

xxxxxxx

Hi guys, hows it going out there in NZ?

It sounds awesome, contrary to what gossip girl thinks i couldn't imagine anything better than cruising around in a campervan across NZ seeing all the scenery. I am tres jealous. It sure sounds like PK & DEBS know wheres good in NZ! maybe PK you could write a book, maybe not as dramatic as 'into the wild' or 'touching the void'... but it would be good im sure! ps - have you seen the films?

Lads camping in snowdonia last weekend was mental - we skipped on the heavy rain - but were hit hard by the wind. half the campsite had blown away in the morning it was crazy... lucky i parked the car on the wind side of the tent and we triple pegged the tent so it was sorted.

we did get chased by cows for about half a mile up and down some hills.. being all maternal over some calfs or wotever was reasonably scared.

and a bull mastiff (big ole fighting dog) savaged a dalmation in our tent!! - this dog broke from its harness (connected to a truck) and charged at the dalmation and practically killed it- blood evrything. it was mental. im guessing joe would have enjoyed watching as he hates all animals. Although he seemed to like the monkeys on his kayak?!

As koala said, get some fotos of the campervan and maybe even 'tag' it yourselves, you know, with a bit of INK.

like nick its exams etc time and a bit rubbish atm. but nick needs to get his facts right... i said i could beat rooney and henry... not ronaldo, he is definitely too fast! CHEERS

GK - DRIVE SAFELY... Woodkat is a good passenger - he never falls asleep and knows his duties are to keep the driver entertained!

ENJOY XX

aright boys!

this is the leg of your travels i wanted to be in! gk driving all around NZ and woodkat jus sittin there taking in the scenery! good deal.

buying grad ball tickets today. dunno why after last year was such a washout! literally floods werent it. 'the antarctic monkeys' and 'maybe winehouse' are playing so the uni has really splashed out on acts once again.

revision time now guys, this time last yr we were growing goatees and revising in the geog dept yeeah (when jonny said he could beat rooney and ronaldo in 100m sprint)

stay safe lets see some pics of your ride tooxxx

Hey Up lads

Just a quick update.

Leeds lost !!!

England won cricket V NZ.

Fence blew down at home and I spent all day monday rebuilding it.

Played footy with Jack ,Toby and the lads last night.

Back to work today

Take care Dad and Mum x

Wot du mean Oli won a bit dad!!?? It was at least three figures!

Lads go to rotorua because it smells of egg sarnies and go zorbing and luging there! Its immense!!

xxxxxxxx

can you believe Luke forgot your b'day. He didn't even remember - Deborah had to tell him!

Guys whilst in South island don't worry too much about the east coast -it's pretty flat and not much going on there. Definitely spend a few days in queenstown and definitely head up to Kaikoura to goal Whale watching and then from there head to Hamner springs park up over night and then go to the thermal baths first thing in the morning - you'll have them to yourselves if you go for when they open - its wicked they're outside and well warm but it will probably be freesing outside so thats cool. the cafe there does good potato wedges too! and definitely go to the glaciers/mountains and the mirror lakes. the national park in the norh west of the south island is really good too - thats where we did our sky dive over but i can't remember its name now. milford sound is worth going too aswell, its pretty good even though its a well long drive but thats cool because its really remote and you have to camp in the nature ministry campsite places which are really roughing it a bit so is worth doing.

we lost footy last night as i predicted though we played quite well so its all down to the last game of the season - gona be exciting

laters

OMG I am sooo sorry that i didnt get to say happy birthday, it completely went out of my mind, i had thought about it but then forgot, im useless. Anyway I hope it was a great day amongst great days. Luke

Hi Guys

We are so pleased you have enjoyed Sydney so much - We knew you would. It has made us hope that we get a chance to have another visit before we leave the Far East.

Anyway, have fun in NZ, drive carefully and have fun. When you get the chance update us on your advdentures down under. I (Mum - Nicky) am so envious - I really want to explore NZ. By all accounts it has such wonderful scenery I really need to see it - one day.

So, take care, lots of love, lookinf forward to the next installment

Mum and Dad (Nicky & Mark) xxxxxxx

P.S Woodkat I hope you have shoes to walk in!!!!

good morning southern east siders!!!

gossip girl cannot believe that joe's skater shoes were stolen from the hostel!! did you manage to view the cctv?! did you go after her?!

aww poor rosie:(

soo i cannot believe joe ate a fish eye? are you kidding?! and why did you eat a prawn, george? did you enjoy it as much as the salmon you ate at my house?!?

have fun in nz!! i can't believe you're going to be living in a campervan for a month! i think i'd die. is george the only driver??

ok, that's all for now

xoxo gossip girl

Hi Joe / GK

Thanks for calling mum on her birthday, I know iot meant a lot!!

We went into Leeds for cocktails thats oli Barny toby mum and me, jack went to see Jimmy Carr in Harrogate and Rosie was hanging out with her mates. Unfortunately she was given ger Kaiser chief/Kate nash ticket by Lucy and lost it on the way home.Disaster! She couldnt go to Eland Road yesterday for the GIG but had to go to Cartmel with us instead. We had a good day out, went for lunch in the Lake District and then on to the evening races. Mum just missed out on winning £900 so shes gutted, she picked 5 out of 6 but unfortunately she backed a donkey inthe last race instead of a horse which never got going. In the end as usual, Jack won, Oli won a bit, barny won a bit and I paid !!!!

Other news form home, Hull promoted to Premier League, Dean Windas scored the winning goal. Leeds play Doncaster in the Play off final thhisn afternoon, Newy has got a bus up and they are all off down to wembley. Toby and Barney have both finished their exams Barney is off back to Nottingham today for a week of Parties before stepping up as Hinge stock builder at Duve !! Toby back to Waitrose at the end of next week.

Sky TV has packed up and we are having it fixed this morning.

Olis leg is still hurting and hes takeing more paracetamol that u used to !! He s off back to the hospital next monday so we dont really know what next until we see the consultant, We are tryiong to get an appointment sorted out for you when you get back but so far we havent got it sorted.

Jack has had a day off revising but I expect he will have hhis head in his books today. Toby cant see Nicky much cos shes just revising all the time so I dont think hes too happy however as you know the course of true love never runs smooth !!

Work is as hard as ever but we are looking to pick up a new contract next week in Scotland.

Mums doing a wedding next weekend followed by a BarbyQ for Garths firm at Bolton abbey the week after then I supposed to be ff to Mexico on business for a week but thats not been confirmed yet.

Rosie got a good set of exam results from her school exams

Anyway got to go and yes the Dam Yankie has closed down !!

Love to you both

Mum and Dad