And a very happy, healthy, hilly new year to you all from NZ. It's disgustingly hot ( about 35 degrees in Queenstown) and difficult to walk anywhere let alone uphill, and there's still more snow than in Scotland!
Spent a night in the bivvy bag on Ben Lomond, which has been given some extra height and transplanted to overlook Queenstown. Not a bad view from the bedroom window, given that you could see a fair wodge of the island from the top...including Aspiring and some sizeable glaciers.
But all good things come to an end so we're back in the UK from the 16th Jan, temporarily homeless and jobless - looks like we'll be squeezing in to my parents bungalow in Hampshire, so not much mountain stuff likely for a while. Ho hum.
Well, have a great 2003 everyone. Even Baga!
