Today we got up early and got ready to walk down to Cathedral Cove and the surrounding Bays before making our way back to the Batch for the afternoon before dinner (courtesy of Michelle and Darren) and the rugby. The morning started off well….so eager was I, to experience the Cove when I mentioned to Jac's and Chris that I was going to pop down to the Annexe to give Michelle and Darren a wake up call, that I was completely unprepared for what happened next...

...was one of the last and funniest things I had heard all day yesterday - Chris and I were sleeping in the living area, me on the sofa and Chris on the window seat, and I was just comfortable in my sleeping bag when I heard Chris say this. To be fair the Moon was very bright and we had no blinds, but it still made me laugh like hell and I couldn't stop laughing at it. Definitely another new saying for the rest of the trip me thinks!... Still laughing about ...

Today we travelled to the Coromandel which is the chosen holiday destination of New Zealanders as well as tourists. We stayed at a place called Hot Water beach which was one of the beaches around the point, along with, Hahei Beach with its famous bays and coves most notably Cathedral Cove which we are going to visit this week. I got to take my first trip in the Camper Van - very nice indeed and brilliant to be a passenger in, you get the odd wave and nod but m...