Queenstown, New Zealand
At the end of yet another hot and sunny day, I can't quite believe my luck with this weather! Fingers crossed it doesn't change any time soon...
I got up at 7.30 this morning so I could get out and up into the mountains before it became too hot. I climbed Ben Lomond, which is 1748m above sea level, starting out from Lake Wakatipu at 310m. There is a cable car up the first 400m or so, which takes you to the Skyline restaurant (but using that would have been cheat...