We had rain all the way North to just before Greymouth. At times it was torrential and we had to drive very carefully. Most of the time it was a heavy down pour. We’ve never seen so much rain nonstop, I wonder how many inches have fallen?

but we are safely here and on the 5 th floor of a hotel . Wifi and all amenities , in a town and back to normality and …the sun is shining….

We are breaking our journey here and go across the island to north of Christ Church tomorrow. We stay there until 24 Feb and then to hotel at airport ready to fly to the north island on the 25 Feb for 2 weeks.

missing you all but looking forward to the rest of our trip love mum xxxx