Wanaka

Leaving Te Anau there has been as frost this morning. There is quite a chill in the air but it a good clear day. Retracing our steps back towards Queenstown we can marvel at the views that we did not see on the way down. The remarkables and many other mountains and lakes that were not visible previously. Heading over the Crown Range we spiral up and up on very tight hairpin bends towards Cardrona and onto the highest road in New Zealand. It is a hairy drive in places but worth it for the scenery, we can imagine what it must be like here in winter. There are laybys for you to stop & attach your snow chains! Have they been selling well in the UK? Dropping down the mountain we enter Wanaka and are both silenced by the sheer beauty of the place a magnificent setting, crystal clear lake, austere mountains, distant glaciers and of course the ever present sun. we are both suffering a bit with wind burnt faces today due to Milford Sound you might say we are glowing a bit! Yes Sarah we did find a lovely place to spend Valentines day it was here. We had a couple of glasses of Pelourus overlooking the lake and watching the sun go down.
I cannot upload any photos here so you will have to wait for them, maybe tomorrow? Sunday morning we have a good walk around the lake and watch the fish leaping out of the water. My father was fishing here about 15 years ago, I think it has changed quite a bit since then However the view will still be the same and I have to agree with him it is quite beautiful.
We are staying a deluxe B&B here so I must go as my hot tub and a glass of bubbly is calling me. TTFN Mrs F.