Finally succumbed to the effects of crossing both the Pacific and Atlantic in a weekend! Rest has been required. The weather has remained ferocious and we have remained tired, so we spent a local day, enjoying some short walks from The Cottage. Down in the relative shelter of the valley, we kept warm while checking Read more

I could barely be further from the Hawaiian beaches of a few days ago. I’ve been busy ever since we arrived back, which has meant that I’d not had time to be jet lagged. I was planning on a relaxing day today, but how could I refuse an early morning call from Tim, to join him Read more

As well as crossing time zones recently, we seem to have crossed seasons too! This picture is one we took of Waimea Bay, Hawaii a few days ago… This picture was back home in Wales at Rhosneigr Beach, Anglesey this morning! (not my photo). It was below freezing and snowing hard all morning. No cars at all Read more

It’s been a weekend of travel! Having crossed multiple time zones, it’s hard to remember or work out how long the journey back to The Cottage actually took. I do remember that we said our farewells to Hawaii and the guys at Honolulu Airport on Saturday morning and took off over the surf of Waikiki Read more

Got some more waves today after hiring an enormous 10 foot “Bear” longboard at Waikiki! It took some man handling just to get it to the waters edge! We called into Pearl Harbour on the way, but queues that were winding all the way around the visitors centre put us off. Instead, we made our Read more

It was a dramatically damp drive over the mountains, back to the North Shore today. Waterfalls were pouring spectacularly down the steep tunnels. First stop of the day – Turtle beach lived up to its name and we were able to watch a few up close as they bobbed around in the shallows. The others Read more