So, yesterday, when faced with the awesome scenery, we reached the depths of Miss Marple speak. Today, we went through the curtailed dialogue from a horror film"what....?, "that's .......", "it's........" and then we moved on to the primeval grunts and gasps used by stone age tourists. Words cannot describe the grandeur and majesty of these huge mountains rising straight from the sea, or the wonder as the landscape unfolds as you drive through them. We gave up taking photos in the end because we could have taken a thousand and still have more to take. This is glaciation heaven- you can't turn a corner without falling over a hanging valley or cutting yourself on an arrete. Im so glad that I took Geography O level at a time when glaciation was about all that was on the syllabus - not to mention that the field trip to the Lake District ( more glaciation) was the finishing touch to my education in poker. The air here is so, so clean and crisp that the colours are crystal clear and bright, everything is in such sharp focus and the smell is wonderfully fresh ( except on the boat trip through Milford Sound where the smell of deep fried lunch wafted across the deck). The temperatures were at -2 this morning , there was a thick hoar frost over everything and low mist floating in the valleys. It was magical- so still, so silent ( when you stop, apart from the odd car passing all you can hear is nothing and the odd bird. I thought I'd gone deaf at one point). So, we drove from Te Anau to Milford Sound early this morning, took the boat trip and then drove back stopping at all the viewpoints. Luckily, the coach loads of Japanese and Chinese tourists arrived just as we were ready to leave- a reminder that if I ever express a wish to follow a guide waving a yellow bear on a stick, shoot me. Now back at our B&B for the second night- we've been invited for dinner with our hosts, Jilly and Brent, and Jilly just brought me a glass of wine as I'm lying on the bed typing this blog. What is there not to like about this country- friendly people, great wine, stunning scenery and passable at rugby ( so I hear). I wish I could beam you all here to enjoy this with us- knowing the friendliness of the Kiwi's, if you did all arrive for dinner, Jilly would welcome you with open arms! I shall try to put some photos on the blog today. Fingers crossed.xxxxxxxxx