This trip wasn't really on the agenda, but it was too close and we were soon convinced by our B&B hostess Joan(thanks Joan!) that even though it was further to drive, we would be better to walk part way up the Hooker Valley at the base of Mount Cook than do a walk around the Lake Tekapo area. How right she was !!
The scenery was stunning and the weather equally good as we approached the area. Fantastic blue skies and snow-capped mountains together with beautiful lakes make for the best scenery ever in our book.
Drove up to Mount Cook village and proceded up the Hooker Valley to the song of skylarks and it wasn't too long before we were sighting Falcons and what looked like NZ redpolls and linnets.
Lunched at the top of the valley beneath the majestic slopes of Aoraki(it means cloud-piercer in Maori..so much more apt!), with cotton wool clouds spilling over the 
adjacent mountains..........ahhh bliss!!!
adjacent mountains..........ahhh bliss!!!Left the area at around 4.00pm to drive on to Christchurch, our last destination in NZ(sob.sob!!)
We could easily relocate here if it weren't such a long way from family & friends. We've both loved our time in NZ... the climate is brilliant and the Kiwis so friendly and we only hope that the rest of our trip goes as well as the last 6 weeks. We'd urge anyone who has half a mind to visit NZ to do it!!
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