It was exactly 366 days today or a leap year, since our final day in NZ. To celebrate we thought you might like to see a wonderful shot of Mnt Cook. the scenery was breathtaking and yes it was very difficult for me to return (I have always struggled coming back from a tour each time). Now we can show the pictures of Bilbo’s house since the movie has been released (we stood in front of Bag End and under the party tree).

And today we took a trip over to the Harley Davidson store, so that I can get a Harley helmet for the tour, but in the process Mrs Fogg has decided to be a biker chic and ride pillion when we do the 66. I think the thing that swung it was the fact you can get a ladies tailored leather bike jacket that makes you look even hotter than normal (is that even possible).

All I gotta do now is try to keep the bike upright as Mrs Fogg grabs hold of me to get on the thing. Looks like we will be travelling very very light indeed (carry anything you like providing it fits into a 25litre day sack!