Ahhh what a view and what a drive from Thames down to Coromandel. Tonight we wombled into the ah hem, town (well one street with about 20 shops) and had a glorious meal at the Success Cafe (fantastic service and food). And tonight we are watching this beautiful sunset over the oyster and mussel beds whilst sipping a local Pinot Noir called Mercury Bay (lovely).

Tomorrow we head South East to Pauanui (pronounced POW an OO EE) where we will stop at the Pauanui Pines Lodge. Unfortunately due to late tides and the fact it’s Bank Holiday weekend (personally I’d have thought my Tour Geek would have researched this however given she took us to Venice on the main Bank Holiday for Italians sat in a traffic queue for 5 hours, why am I surprised, you get the service you pay for) we won’t get to use the hot water beach (booo).

Hats orf to ya Mrs Fogg, blinding job as always.