Now we're Cookin' it

We are at Mount Cook but unfortunately our blog camera photos of it don't do it justice so the picky today is on the way here and we will post more photos soon - in fact we have left the laptop attempting to upload some more but given Martyns earlier cursing it may not happen!

So what has happened so far today? We woke to cloudy grey skies and a chill in the air but set off with our usual high hopes for the weather - we kept telling ourselves that in the hills and mountains the weather changes rapidly and do you know having driven for 50km ish and stopped at Lake Tekapo to view lake (what a surprise), church and statue of collie dog the sun came out. Just in time for our horse trek.

Beautiful ride around the base of Mt John. Martyn rode Chief and I had Fergus who had feet so big he occasionally got in a muddle with them bless him! Still that was much better than the digestive issues Chief seemed to have. Martyn and I could not stop laughing. Every time we went up a hill Chief emitted a certain booster. Sensibly Fergus decided to keep his distance for which I will remain eternally grateful!

Before the horse trek we had a bit of time so we went up to the Mt John observatory to look at the telescopes. Unfortunately the berry muffin and banana smoothie caught our attention before the sign for the guided tour but never mind they were yummy and there were pictures of the telescopes on the leaflet!

Then we drove to Mt Cook and we are currently sat at a look out watching the sun set. It's a hard life.