Yey Franz Josef in the pouring rain, but who cares. Booked into the Alpines Motor Lodge and upgraded FOC (nice), we wombled down to the Hot Pools, where there are 3 public baths (36, 38 and 40 degrees) and then you can upgrade to your own private pool for an hour, so we did.

Tomorrow at 8.45am we start our wobble up the glacier, so spare a thought for these two poor travellers hiking across a glacier while you are all 2 foot under snow.