Looking down the main street (Trafalgar St.) of Nelson. Christmas is very low key here especially compared to the effort put into it in the UK.

We visited the market this morning, held every Saturday morning. It was packed. It sells everything from local crafts, fruit & vege, oils, soaps, bows & arrows, bread etc

To all our readers, have a merry christmas. Hope you are spending it with family but for those away from home I hope you manage to get in touch with them sometime during the day. Here’s to a great 2017 with some more adventures.

Best wishes to all those at sea on Christmas day.

A couple of days after we arrived Mark & I had a walk up the somewhat muddy track to the centre of New Zealand.

The spot itself.

The view looking over the city towards the port.

Looking the other way up the Matai Valley, nice walks and cycle paths up yon.

Looking from the marina toward the centre