Another day and another dolphin sighting! Well our brief brush with overcast skies seems to have ended. The van was filled with light this morning as we woke and pulled the curtains aside to check the surf. There really are some pretty impressive looking mountains behind us! The Kaikoura Range, I’m told. They seem so… Read more

Today I surfed one of my longest waves of the trip, then as I turned to paddle back out saw a dolphin jump clean out of the water a do a somersault! Quality! There were a few rain drops still falling when then noise of the waves woke us this morning, but blue sky seemed… Read more

Drove north today to a small peninsula town called Kiakoura. But not before dipping our toes in the sea and enjoying a delicious breakfast outside. The journey took us through barren rolling hills and plenty of well kept vineyards. We stopped at a few deserted beaches when the highway came close to the sea, but… Read more

This is how to start a Monday morning properly… A few minutes after waking up, I slid the side door open, blinked out at the blue sky, then climbed out of bed and straight into my wetsuit. No one was even on the beach, let alone in the surf. There was not a breath of… Read more

Phase Two of the Sabbatical Adentures have begun and we are now nestled down in the back of our new camper van on the South Island of New Zealand. Grandad Taylor would have surely approved and in his honour we are camped up by a surf beach called ‘Taylor’s Misake’!?! I can hear the waves… Read more

It’s been our final day in the North Island today and we’ve spent it in our local Cambridge neighbourhood. The morning was spent sorting, planning and packing; the afternoon walking in the park by the lake, then watching the world go by over a coffee outside the deli on the corner. No major big adventures… Read more