There was nothing left to do but drive, so I did. Around the outskirts of Christchurch, over Lewis Pass. The rain caught up with me, hitching a ride all the […]

Having left Fiordland in the rearview mirror I began my crawl North. I had another one of those nights where I wake up and have no idea where I am. […]

On the Routeburn Track, stuck in Routeburn Falls Hut, Hut Warden John had given me some suggestions. “On a dry day,” he said “take your tent up on Gertrude Saddle […]

The flashing lights of an ambulance approach from the far end of the road. The flashing lights are never an ambulance. There are two pilot vehicles flagging the traffic down. […]

For the first time overnight I find the van is too hot. Having sat in the sun for four days, with little time for the doors and windows to be […]

Wanaka then. Being a sunny Sunday in the summer holidays is full of people. No matter, I have more chores to do than I have time to spend trying to […]

I drifted down the West Coast. I pulled over in Hokitika because the fuel has to be cheaper here than it was in Greymouth. And it is. This is the […]

I wake up at 5am for some reason. I can’t figure out why, roll over and go back to sleep. When I wake again it’s gone 7am, which is probably […]