Good morning from a very sunny beautiful Christchurch. VA left yesterday afternoon and left me all on my own I was quite emotional seeing her drive away in a taxi - we've had the most amazing two weeks even though the van wasn't up to scratch it enabled us to see everything we wanted see and more. Last night I spent exploring the city and felt incredibly safe - you just don't see any trouble in New Zealand - everywhere we've been it's felt safe and is very clean...

Hi again I've managed at long last to extract VA from the bathroom, she's coming home normal (ish). It's now 2 a.m. for us here in NZ we've had a bottle or two of Oyster Bay Merlot and we're feeling GOOD. By the way the Kiwi's pronounce the T in Merlot - cool it's the way forward. I've had my toes nails and eyebrows done by my personal therapist I've flown out here with me at no little expense. Not normally use to having to persuade her to do but she couldn't...

Hi, we're here in Christchurch - we arrived this afternoon VA is not here at present she's having a long luxurious bath we've booked into a hotel for her last night she flies home tomorrow and leaves me here with all this sunshire. I won't fill you in with everything we've been upto I'll just tell you a little and we can finish it off tomorrow before she goes. The last time we did a blog we'd arranged to fly to Milford Sound take a cruise round the Sound and fly...

Hi all,V here !! Sorry about photo link on FLICKR not at all successful photo loading .Will drive you all mad when home I've taken about 1000 photos,and many of clouds .How are all my girlies ,miss you loads.Lots to tell you .Feel like i've been away ages .New Zealand is absolutely gorgeous.Going to move everyone out here :-) .Home on wednesday afternoon after the JOURNEY !!!! and my God it is one.You deserve New Zealand at the end of it !! Love to you all .VA &a...

Hi from Queenstown - so much as happened since our last blog - we arrived in Franz Josep with our sky dive booked for later that evening but unfortunately the plane broke down so it was cancelled until the next day - all that worrying for nothing. Next morning very early we made our way to Fox Glacier free wheeling down the hills because we hadn't checked for diesel and we'd got very little left and it was touch and go if we'd make it to the airfield. Once ther...