Campervanning Cornwall for 5 days – A Rough Itinerary. The sun streams through the curtainless windows, piercing your eyelids and waking you not long after dawn. You rack your brains to work out why you didn’t pull the curtains across the windows of your VW Campervan, knowing full well in 6 hours time, the sunshine will … Read more Campervanning Cornwall for 5 days
Our New Zealand Road Trip to Franz Josef Glaciers continues, and this is not something anyone really would want to say, but it is with a heavy heart and great sadness that I have to share with you……Suzanne’s nails have started to fall off. 14th Jan. Day 14. KM’s today = 223 KM’s this trip … Read more NZ2012 – 14th Jan – Franz Josef Glaciers…to visit or not to visit
New Zealand Road Trip – Punakaiki Pancake Rocks is our next destination today. This is the mileage we have done today: 13th Jan. Day 13. KM’s today = 187 KM’s this trip = 1,950 Rain again. We’re getting used to this now….unfortunately. Checked out by 10am, headed into Nelson town for brekkie and a quick … Read more NZ2012 – 13th Jan – Pancakes for Breakfast, Blowholes for Lunch
New Zealand Road Trip – Nelson and Abel Tasman 12th Jan. Day 12….. KM’s today = 131. KM’s this trip = 1,763. After a frustrating Day 11, we were looking forward to a more relaxing day today, combining a gentle cruise, a 2k walk, and loads of sun. Alas, we woke at 6.30 to find … Read more NZ2012 – 12th Jan – Nelson & Abel Tasman
11th Jan. Day 11. New Zealand Road Trip North to South Island Suzanne writing this post – Woo Hoo!!! Finally made it to Nelson after a very long and frustrating day (see the previous post). Actually departed from Wellington 15 minutes early and arrived into Picton on the South Island at 9.15pm. Spent most of the … Read more NZ2012 – 11th Jan – The South Island at last!!
Arrived in good time to board our ferry for a 10.25 departure. Told at check in it was to depart an hour late…. 1st grrrrrr. 🙁 Boarded the ferry at 11ish, settled down with books for the 3hr crossing. 2 hours later, we were asked to leave as it had broken down and the crossing … Read more NZ2012 – 11th Jan – 4 Grrr’s and a Positive thought