Knightsbridge Court Motor Lodge Blenheim

... Nelson), a detour but one which Martin had recommended. The lake, used mainly for speedboating and waterskiing, has a spectacular mountainous (Mount Arthur) backdrop. The view was worth the detour. After Nelson Lakes I took the State Highway 6 eastwards straight to Blenheim passing through miles of Marlborough vineyards before finding a motel to stay at. The lady running the motel I stayed at (171 On High) commented on the ...

... has a breathtaking setting on the edge of an escarpment which looks across to the very range of misty mountains you find on the cover of the Cloudy Bay bottles. They also are organic and biodynamic and produce some quite remarkable and unique wines.<br><br>2008 Memento Riesling &#8211; 10.5%, 10.5 g/l BIG, pushy nose with green lime &#8211; almost sappy. Good fruit and acid on the palette. Apples then citrus finish.<br><br>2008 ...

Ahhhh, the glory of the vines, the landscape, the hills, the mountains and the wine! We are in Blenheim, Marlborough Wine region. We did our bike tour yesterday and what a great day we had. We set off at 10:30 on our bikes and got back to base at 17:30, 9 wineries, 1 lunch and 25km later. The wine trail is flat as a pancake and the wineries are as close as pearls on a string, so we did a fair bit of ...

... we left Route 1 to No 6 heading west to Rewick 15 kms away. This was the heart of the Marlborough wine region. If only the weather was right for a white Sav Blanc! After 6pm we got to the Old Mill House B&B in Renwick, our accomodation for the night. Dad was visibly tired after a slow day driving. I was eyeing up their outdoor spa to help ease those sore muscles. But the first stop was the British pub for Hot Pot and cider. Then the spa. Would have been better with company though!

... 10 of them) and they would work quite hard. Many would work hard to send money home to their families. They were all quite good and fast and some would even run in between rows. Anyway, there is NO RISK that I will be enticed to stay in Marlborough and enlist in new career in the vineyards! Never have I been so thankful to have credentials and experience and happy that I didn't have to do that for my source of income! ha! My time in the vineyards was more about appreciating ...

Hi Everyone, This is just a short entry about our trip from Greymouth to Picton. We proved that the trip was only about 4 1/2 hours and not 11. This was something we were all glad about. I expected that the drive would be on a windy road going up high hills and down ...

... After a night at this site which bordered a train line - complete with freight trains running all night we decided to bring the ferry crossing forward to the next day. Despite the deterioration in the weather over our last week in the South Island we absolutely love our time here and a month is really not enough to amke the most of it. For different reasons it is on a par with Japan as our favourite place on the trip so far.

... we went it was just after a storm so it wasnt at its best....to say the least. We decided to do some seakayaking and a walk in the park for teh day. We kayaked with seals and into all the small sandy beaches and coves for a few hours, but the waves were still very choppy from the storm the few days before. We did´nt turn over though in the big double kayak...always a bonus. After that we headed on down south stopping off ata few spots along the way ...

Destination 217: km116'841 Ich hatte genau einen Tag in Wellington mit Schreibarbeit in der Bibliothek verbracht, als Schoenwetter fuer die Südinsel in ihrem Norden prognostiziert wurde. Am naechsten Morgen mit der Faehre ging es dann nach Picton (Hafen der Suedinsel) wo statt Sonne viel Regen wartete. Darum nach Blenheim, wo der Hollaender Tim mich zu sich Heim einlud - er hatte seine Maschine von Holland hierher ...