Back in the UK

I'm back...and it's freezing cold here!
What with Portugal's sun and warmth and then great weather in NZ I have clearly become accustomed to decent weather!

The flight home was OK. The Auckland to Hong Kong leg went really quickly. As it was a night flight the cabin lights were turned off after dinner so I managed to sleep a decent amount.

The plane landed early in HK so I managed to get a shower in one of the pay lounges. It cost about £12.00 but was worth every penny as I felt more human and ready for the longest leg - 12 hours + from HK to LHR. That was a bit of a killer and seemed to take forever. I did sleep a bit but not as long as I thought as when I woke up there were still 6 hours to go...

I managed to find out the name of that volcano that I saw on the flight from Wellington to Auckland. I watched some of the NZ culture shows on the HK to LHR flight - there were some good NZ cooking shows and one of them was from New Plymouth in which lies Mount Taraniki. It definitely looks like somewhere we need to go and visit!

I have a few extra photos and some video that I am going to upload this evening and then I think that is it for this blog for the time being.

It will become a regular communication method once we are out there, so don't forget it is here...oh...and you can comment on anything I write, so please do feel free to do that...it'd be nice to know what people are thinking once we are in NZ.

So, final post for the time being a bit later on.

Until then...