Hi everyone.   Sorry but we have been really bad at keeping this blog going.

Been back in NZ is great.  I forgot how more relaxed life is over here and how beautiful it is and I also forgot how much we swear over here.  

Anyway to bring you up to speed we ran 35km of the Abel Tasmen track looking out over amazing golden beaches, beautiful day (Renee fell over and skinned both knees) and topped the day of with a awesome fast water taxi home.  To give our legs a rest we spent a great day out paddling around seal colonies and penguins in the tropical water -  ooooh its a good life!!!!  We mountain biked the queen charlotte track 50km, it has some cracking steep hills and a killer last 20km on the bloody road.  

Finally got to catch up with the 2 sisters for a week  :)   Loads of drinking, shopping and a family reunion (Poor Bob).  Bob did a 50km Karapoti Mt bike race and kicked butt.

We made it back down south in time for the Motatapu marathon which is off road going from Wanaka to Queenstown. So after dozens of river crossings and a last 10km that never seemed to end - we finished.  Bob 5th and me 3rd lady.  To meke aye!!!!!  I think that will do for a while.  So the next week we just managed to waddle around.   

We have done loads of sports climbing in queenstown and had massive storms right down south causing landslips and road blockages  - so we missed out on seeing the fiordlands (The most beautiful place in NZ).   

Take care 

Renee, Bob 

and pinky