Spent most of the day finalising our itinery for the South Island and for the Wales games. Didn't get out to do any exercise due to the toe injuries (although the pain has subsided a bit until the dog stood on my foot that is!) I will need to start exercising again soon as living with two chefs is like being on Ready Steady Cook every single day. I swear the two of them are in competition to make the best tasting food each day which means the weight is piling on!...

Tasha and I went for some pampering this morning at the local spa. We spent the rest of the afternoon planning our itinery for the rest of our stay in New Zealand. In the evening we went to watch Waikato play Wellington at the Waikato stadium. It was amazing to be in the stadium we will be watching Wales play at in about 4 weeks. It was a great game to watch and Waikato won as well which made it better (we are honorary Waikato supporters as we are staying with th...

Finally got around to booking some flights and accommodation to the South Island today. We did however first check the situation in Christchurch - there is a handy website called "Earthquakes Today" which we were amazed by but it would seem that there is an earthquake somewhere in New Zealand every day. We then visited the museum at Hamilton which has some rugby exhibits which was very good. Nick did however manage to break the electronic scrummage machine they h...

Went to Raglan beach today which was really pretty and not too cold considering its winter. They had a life saving competition going on so Nick made sure he got up close in case there were any Pamela Anderson lookalikes there, but he was very disappointed as most of them looked more like the Hoff! When we got back Nick and Chris went to play 5 a side football and Tasha and I went to play netball. It was indoor netball which we just assumed would be like our netba...

Have had a full sporting calendar today just like Saturdays' back home. Went to watch Jade (Nick's niece) play hockey first thing and then went to watch Ryan play rugby (the standard of rugby at under 8s is unbelievable) you can see why the New Zealand team are the best in the world. Went out cycling when we got back and then had a barbeque with Chris and Elaine's friends and neighbors which was great. Plenty of laughing, alcohol and drinking games and two extra...