I woke up sluggishly with the same feeling as waking on the second day of the OMM with my legs having their own outer body experience and my core body temperature a few degrees below what it should be. Despite of having 80% of the duvet throughout the night Bob obviously felt the same as her first words to me were a concern for the apparent absence of her nose. Over breakfast Bob had noticed an amusing poster advertising sandfly repellant, the smiles stopped wh...

We checked out at 9:59 after a fantastic lie in, made all the better for it being overcast and windy! After a leisurely breakfast with wifi Bob gave me a guided tour of Glenorchy, got a mocha to go and we were on our way back to Queenstown. Bob dropped me at the end of the obligatory queue outside Fergburger and I ordered a 'Dawn Horn' which arrived at the same time as Bob and did not disappoint. Bacon, eggs, hash brown, avocado, beetroot and tarragon Mayo...awe...

I lay and watched as the grey backdrop to the mountainscape visible through the windscreen got lighter, and the peaks came into focus before finally blossoming into an orange, blue and grey tye-dye which was my signal to extricate myself from the Enema. As quietly as I could manage I packed my bag with everything a well prepared plucky Brit would need to try and run the 3 day Routeburn Track, and back, in a day... As one of the top 10 walks in the world it was ...

I woke with a jolt, thrown into consciousness just before I impacted with the ground that was hurtling towards me. Normally a falling dream is considered lucky, the morning of a bungy jump it was not welcome! In spite of this I felt surprisingly few nerves as we packed up and headed for Kawarau Bridge on the road to Queenstown. What I did have nerves about was losing the ticket, being late and having to maximise speed along a twisting, climbing then falling mou...

I slept very well, Bob less so. I'm going to get a spot-on for her when we pass the next vets to try and stop her scratching. When morning did arrive we vamooshed immediately, leaving the obnoxious kraut's behind, following the lake shore into countryside which could easily have been Rannoch Moor. We passed through the mock highlands, arriving in Wanaka as it was waking up, just in time for breakfast. This bustling lakeside town was a welcome change of pace from ...