Woke up to glorious sunshine this morning which was perfect as we had planned to do the Ruakiri Bushwalk. Previous experience of walks has led me to believe that the trails are all laid out and that walking boots are not necessary; I therefore set out in my flip flops. 20 minutes in and we were walking up some steep hills which were very muddy and at this point I considered going back, however we managed to slide down a bank and got onto a much more formed path s...

We are back on the road again and are heading for Waitomo to see the Welsh Team train followed by a visit to the Gloworm Caves. Got to the training and there seemed to be more TV crews than fans there. We managed to avoid giving any interviews though as we have realized we have become over exposed - this realization came about when Gareth Charles (the Scrum V presenter) shouted over to me "oi aren't you the woman off the telly!" We did have words as it would se...