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 -...