Campervan bliss.....

What can I say, campervans are fab, since leaving Auckland we have travelled miles and miles and miles, my bum does not hurt, my legs do not hurt, I am not exhausted by 3pm and just wanting to lie down and go to sleep. Having said that, it can get a bit boring, travelling for miles, getting out having a look at the sites then getting back in and carrying on. Its been good this week, it has made me realise that I do in fact like the achievement of cycling to a place of interest, it makes it all more worth while, humm..... best not let Rich read this post he may get ideas of going further than we need to.

We are on our way back down to Auckland to see Beks and Emma, they were fantastic and let us stay with them for 3 days while we checked out Auckland they have also been bike minding for us as the tandem was no way going to fit in the camper. Thank you both.

We have just two days left in NZ, it seems all very strange that it was nearly two months ago that we set off from Oxford on that cold March evening, its weird to think that we have been here for two months and have only scratched the surface of this amazing place. I will be sad to say goodbye, and a little apprehensive about what is to come as NZ was known to me, OZ is a whole new experience for both of us.... bring it on

If you want to see more photos of the trip go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/denandrich/ this is aswell as Richards account http://www.flickr.com/photos/rdtandem please have a look and a giggle......

Happy Easter

Well Easter is upon us and we have settled in a place called Geraldine 50 miles north and considerably lower that Tekapo (oh, the down hills are some much easier that the up hills!!), we are trying to be here only for 1 day and two nights but things may be playing aganist us!! we had hoped to catch a bus up the dreeded state highway 1 as it is a nightmare with lorry drivers wanting to ride the tandem as aposed to give us an inch of room, but things are not going well and we may have to ride a little further and hire a car if all else fails.

On to brighter things, we now know our tent is kind of water proof!! it retains water well, like all good pond liners; as this it what the roof of the tent resembled at 2am AND 5am this morning. Needless to say Rich was a star and went out to sort it out, there is a serious design flaw in a tent that is perfectly pitched when going to bed and pond like 4 hours later with wet stretchy fabric.

(Rich is gloating and wanted me to pass on the good news that he has just had a fab mini spot of a clubman which brings the total up to 50-38. I need to get in some serious spotting in Christchurch.)

Rich would also like to add that we have a new top speed....... 45miles an hour, I would like to point out that I was imploring him to slow down and he was breaking when we hit that speed I dreed to think what speed we would hit otherwise. (this was on a down hill section just incase anyone was thinking we were both super fit or something!!)

So we venture on to Christchurch on two wheels? four? or a bus?..........