We enjoyed our three days in Nelson, despite a severe weather warning with gales and downpours. We browsed the outdoor shops and bought last minute 'necessities' for our 4 day walk. We enjoyed being in one place for a few days and took advantage of this to do laundry and sort the van out further.

Travelled to Picton today and got in contact with Bob who was crewing with John on Southern Princess. He lives near the Queen Charlotte walk and was the one who gave us a guided tour of Norfolk Island. Arranged to meet up when we return from the walk. Had a pretty walk in the afternoon and then finalised our packing for the walk. We are doing the luxury option for Christmas week. Our main luggage is being transported for us, so we only need day packs. It is a four day walk, but we are taking a break after the longest day, day 3, (23 kilometers) to have a lazy Christmas day at the Portage Lodge resort.

We are not taking our laptops with us, so will not be doing a blog over this period.

We wish all our readers a very Happy Christmas.

We hope to get the faulty video working after christmas