For all of you who were left a little confused by the end of our last post where we said we waved goodbye to our mums and picked up our Spaceship James May, here’s a little explanation, no we’re not off to the moon.. not yet anyway. The Spaceship is a campervan, with built in bed, fridge, cooker and everything else you’d need, including a steering wheel and a dvd player! Many backpackers hire them to see the sights in New Zealand and they all have individual names, ours was James May.

We got off to a bad start with James, first of all it was raining and second of all as we got to Ashburton Taylor was clocked by a speed camera and we got fined. Did I mention Ashburton Sucked!! Anyways we headed back to Wanaka to meet up with Rachel and Tony again. A bushcamp on the way and a stop at the home of Shrek (Tarras) and we arrived (in the pouring rain) to Wanaka, checked into a campsite with a Spa and made ourselves at home. Unfortunately there’s not much else to do in the rain in Wanaka so we hid out in the Spa (which was inside) until we met Rachel and Tony for some Pud Thai (or as most of us know it as Pad Thai) and a drink in the local Monteiths bar.

As we say a sad farewell to Rachel and Tony, we hope to see them again around New Year, we head off to Gore to meet up with Hamish, Craigs cousin (the one who drank his house in Scotland)

We stopped off in rainy Queenstown, after driving through a blizzard, for what was hoped to be some jet boating and another Ferg-Burger instead we opted for the much warmer option of the cinema, a cookie time and a few drinks at a cute bar which brewed its own beer – Dux deDeluxe. A couple of Black Shags later (that’s the name of the beer) and we set off for another night in James May. Who is really comfy!

Gore was our next stop and Hamish and Taryn put us up for a while.  Gore is a very sweet place, a town and hour or so from Invercargill, Queenstown and Dunedin so is quite busy even though it seems to be in the middle of nowhere. A big fish in the centre of the town is the major attraction and we spent some time watching the locals go by in a cafe. We were treated us to a proper kiwi BBQ and attempted to poison Taylor with some out of date Do Bro (double Brown Beer, Thanks Rob and congrats on the proposal! The sudden burst of sunlight was in perfect timing for the BBQ and we had a great  great catch up, thank to Hamish and Taryn for putting us up, we hope to be back for Christmas, might even help you put the bar back together!

Back on the road with James May where we’re planning to find Hammond and Jeremy Clarkson to race them back to Christchurch, before we have to pay for more fees!

This headline has to get a mention, we just love how Stories like this make the front page of the Newspaper: