Hi People, well i am currently sat in a kitchen in a town called aubenas in the south of france! The drive down was really good, i drove around paris ( so far the most confusing place to drive next to london) then onward to lyon! on my way i saw three speed camers inabout 700miles i saw twice that just from swindon to dover! most of the way i drove cross country to avoid paying the tolls, but in the late evening i headed to the motorways as my road just kept va...

Today we travelled from Nelson to Franz Josef, a total distance of 600 km a long way in a car. Fortunately I road the first 130 km up two large hills the second one hitting 650m at the top of this one I stopped to send a txt to let Emily know where I was. While I was stopped a guy pulled across the road, stopped next to me in his van and said ? ahhhhh you have the skinny tyres yes?? proceeded to get out of his van and onto his crutches walked to the back of his v...

6th jan 07 Well today we awoke in the south island for the first time But today we didn’t have much time to sit around I needed to get my next ride done before the afternoon, I might add it was 10degrees in the sun and compared to what I have been used to. I froze, I decided as it got warmer to trundle off down this valley road but the deeper I got into the valley the less sun there was and the colder I got. Anyway in my shorts and t-shirt it got down t...

5th This morning we caught the ferry too the south island the trip was good the sea well it had no waves in it completely flat and as for Wellington supposedly being windy I don’t think I can name anywhere that is less windy! The ferry trip was really amazing we left quite early so the sun was still coming up. This made the trip almost magical, once we lost all sight of land we headed indoors to the warmth. Emily sat down and read her book and myself well...

5th This morning we caught the ferry too the south island the trip was good the sea well it had no waves in it completely flat and as for Wellington supposedly being windy I don’t think I can name anywhere that is less windy! The ferry trip was really amazing we left quite early so the sun was still coming up. This made the trip almost magical, once we lost all sight of land we headed indoors to the warmth. Emily sat down and read her book and myself well...