- 3 buses to take us to and from Heathrow Airport (and 1 lovely daughter to take us to the bus)
- 5 air flights, totalling about 48 hours in the air
- 49 British holidaymakers, most of them what we like to call ‘Over 50s’
- 1 British tour guide
- 1 Kiwi driver
- 2 same-sex couples – and the great thing was no one seemed at all fazed by them, or made any negative comments. On the contrary, there seemed to be complete open acceptance. A lesson for the Church of England, here?
- 11 different hotels
- 1 overnight stay in a North Island homestead
- 1 ferry crossing
- 4 boat cruises
- about 3,500 km on the coach
- 1 Landrover ‘safari’
- 1 talking toilet
- 21 days away from home
- 1 train journey, the Tranzalpine over the Southern Alps
- 1 helicopter flight
- 1 cable car ride
- 1 cardboard cathedral
- 1 cave with glow worms
- several churches and cathedrals which would benefit from taking the Everybody Welcome course
- 3 days of record-breaking summer temperatures for South Island: up to 37℃
All adds up to One Awesome Experience.
Godspelled 