Exploring The Deep South
With our event in Riverton only the day after Balclutha we took the opportunity to get up early, drive through the Catlins and stop off at the Petrified Forest in Curio Bay. This is a forest that was submerged by a flood 180 million years ago which buried the trees. Many trunks can be seen […]
School Holiday Adventures
What with many other people on holiday in New Zealand, we not only felt we should have a chance to explore too, but we also had no schools available to talk to.
We left Mount Cook a little sore in the leg department and the next couple of days saw us both occasionally stopping to stretch. […]
Wendekreisen sponsor Q&A
As we start moving around New Zealand for our 6 month tour, it seems like an ideal time to re-introduce our New Zealand travel sponsor Wendekreisen. We’ve been delighted with the friendly service received so far and the vehicles have everything we need to survive our coming months on the road being chased North by […]
GalleryVisiting Vancouver
As you may be aware from my earlier blog on our Vancouver events, our week in Canada did not run entirely smoothly. However, we still managed to thoroughly enjoy our time in this city of which we had heard nothing but good things from anyone we know who’s visited.
Our arrival began well enough, with a […]
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It never rains, but it pours.
We arrived in Vancouver during what is usually the rainy season but have been blessed with nearly uninterrupted sunshine. This is not to say that the first international stop on our Tour has gone entirely smoothly. I managed to slip and cut my elbow fairly badly on the first day though at a cost of […]