2024 – January – Day 9 – Oamaru
January 18, 2024
Today was to be the first long drive of the holiday. The aim was to be on the road by
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2024 – January – Day 8 – Doubtful Sound
January 17, 2024
Clouds greeted us this morning as I pulled back the curtains whilst making my porridge. The forecast was for it
2024 – January – Day 7 – Te Anau
January 16, 2024
Our aim was to have wheels rolling at 9am this morning. After having breakfast and packing everything up at 8.50am,
2024 – January – Day 6 – Invercargill & the Caitlins
January 15, 2024
We are such a long way from home yet everything looks and feels a bit like good old blighty. The
2024 – January – Day 5 – Travel to NZ
January 14, 2024
By the time the alarm went off at 4am I was already wide awake as is often the case when
2024 – January – Day 4 – Fiji
January 14, 2024
Absolutely beautiful weather greeted us yet again as we opened the curtains onto the porch. It was already 28c without
2024 – January – Day 3 – Fiji
January 13, 2024
Deep Blue Skies and wall to wall sunshine with the temperature already at 28c greeted us this morning as we
2024 – January – Day 2 – Fiji
January 12, 2024
I slept well and for almost 11 hours which for me is unheard of. Hopefully that will mean much of
2024 – January – Day 1 – Fiji
January 11, 2024
Getting into Fiji was nice and straight forward. Our luggage was off the carousel quickly and the only surprise is
2024 – January – Travel Day(s)
January 10, 2024
‘Bula’ to this trip. Almost a year in the detailed planning and booking stages (although the first route was etched
2024 – Christmas Catch Up & Pre First Trip
January 9, 2024
I’m not sure that starting a New Year of blogging after more than a whole bottle of champagne is a
2023 – December – Pin Mill
December 5, 2023
As another calendar year draws to a close, we also finally arrive at the last blog entry for the year.
2023 – November – Florida – Coming Home
November 25, 2023
I had managed to arrange a late check out from the villa out meaning we had all morning to chill
2023 – November – Florida – Day 15
November 17, 2023
When it rains in Florida, it really rains. At home we now describe any short heavy downfall as Florida rain.
2023 – Florida – November – Day 14
November 16, 2023
It was the morning after the night before and so we were all later up for breakfast today. The forecast
2023 – Florida – November – Day 13
November 15, 2023
We woke up to the worst weather of the trip. The rain started slowly and then turned from a persistent
2023 – November – Florida – Day 12
November 14, 2023
We woke up to a not great weather forecast with rain in the air and our first day without any
2023 – Florida – November – Day 11
November 13, 2023
This morning was a lazy start to the day as we were not in a rush to get out. It
2023 – November – Florida – Day 10
November 12, 2023
And so, it was Christmas in Florida. As we were to discover after the radio kick off everywhere seems to
2023 – November – Florida – Day 9
November 11, 2023
A very early start today saw us on the road at 7.30am off to Discovery Cove for the day. There
2023 – November – Florida – Day 8
November 11, 2023
Another start to the day that involved another call with Apple Support. Today’s theory involved 3rd party apps interfering with
2023 – Florida – November – Day 7
November 9, 2023
Today started with a 45-minute call with a guy called Nathan from Apple Support in Arkansas. He was convinced the
2023 – November – Florida – Day 6
November 8, 2023
After publishing yesterday’s blog, I realised that I had forgotten to mention one other thing from Disney Springs so I
2023 – November – Florida – Day 5
November 7, 2023
We all had a good first night’s sleep in the villa. I was up at 7.30pm to make some first
2023 – November – Florida – Day 4
November 6, 2023
For moving day, we had a plan which was thrown a tad when we found that the outlets we planned