You're not hearing much from me at the moment as I'm gving myself a holiday from most online contact.

On the plane, all the kiwis were bemoaning this year's winter in NZ but it's been great since I got here - lots of bright clear days and much preferable to the curent London sauna bath. I'm driving north to Nelson later where it's even nicer apparently.

Pedalling my bike at the gym this morning, who should appear on TV One but uber-blogger Jack Yan who seemed to be in his element. He wasn't allowed to finish his story about what he learnt as an 8 year old in a Wellington nurses station, but no doubt he'll blog the finale for us.....