My last night; a warm evening, with ice cream and gentle conversation with some lovely people. Sharing our experiences of the amazing...

If everything had gone as expected I wouldn't have had such an amazing, eye-opening time. I wouldn't have tried kite-surfing, I wouldn't...

A bump to the head, then Christmas, followed by a week in one place with no surf within reach. Still flat as a pancake. I've done lots...

Woken by the sunshine and the noisy kingfisher in the tree outside my window I realised I had time for breakfast and the Parkrun. ...

Over Christmas time in Kaikoura I had over heard a conversation between a local and a tourist - who had asked if the local wanted to...

Christmas Eve was misty, but warm and soothing; not cold and harsh. I've wanted Christmas "somewhere warm" for a while, and this is it -...

Five hours of driving (and stopping for sights and fresh strawberries). The scenery has become less like Wales, and more like Scotland;...

As usual I lined up a surf lesson for my first day at my next stop. Arriving at 3pm after a 4 hour drive I took one look at the sea and...

I'd like to say she made me do it, but she was trying to help; trying to get me to slow down a bit, and to find something she thought she...

I've said goodbye to Raglan, a brief interlude which included some warm rain, and an eco-stay in a railway carriage with a kitchen shared...