Planning... plotting.. waiting!

We are in a flurry of planning and plotting as we consider taking the next weather window to head down the West Coast of South Island and heading to Milford Sound. We are excitedly dreaming over charts and guidebooks... checking and rechecking the weather (which is constantly changing!)... and whilst we wait, we have cleaned our hull (in all our cold weather gear!!!) and been touristy visiting Ironsides Cairn, a memorial to the first methodist missionary to set up a church in this area. Samuel Ironsides sounded as if he had quite an important part to play in the history of the area.Read more