Well the preporations for our trip are progressing nicely. So far we have suitcases (pictured below), and a long list of other things we need.

Along with this the fitness levels are being pushed to their limits. As our gym membership lapsed a few months ago we have been ratehr lazy. And now the race is on to get the fitness up before we sit and vegitate on a plane for 24 hours.

So far this has been going well. We have been going for a walk every night (ok, so closer to 4 or5 times a week) for the last fortnight. The problem is that only 2 week after starting, it is now getting dark while we are out and about. Normally this wouldn’t be a huge problem, except for the fact that the tracks we are walking on have a thick canopy of trees above them. This means that we have been struggling throught he undergrowth in nearly pitch black for the last few nights.

So, over the weekend, we ventured off to Kathmandus sale and picked up a couple of headlights to allow us to see in the dark. So if you happen to be in the forrests around Wellington just after dusk, and you see what looks to be a pair of oncomming trains, then dont worry – it will just be Sarah and I charging through the undergrowth trying to find our way back to the car.

I appoligise to anyone who read down this far, I’m just sort of rambling.

As an aside, Its becomming apparent that I should get off my lazy arse and add some links to this site… so if you would like your site added to our links section can you drop me a line. Also, if you have any other reguraly sites you check that you would like to share then send those throught to me as well!

Oh, and one last thing before I go…

I have been meaning to say for a while, but keep forgetting, my brother Blair put on his site a while ago that he has given up yoga. This means I get to announce the winner of the sweepstake on how long he would keep ‘yoging’ for. The bad news is that we had no one pick over 1 month, meaning that the competition has been called null invoid (as this prediciton was only 1/3 of the right answer).