Sally and Colin's Adventure.... For those who may read this and are short of time, the only words you need to read are fantastic trip, fantastic guides, and fantastic adventure! For those of you who have more time to read and are thinking of travelling New Zealand (The land of the Long White Cloud), then we can thoroughly recommend the Rimu Trip provided by Active New Zealand. From start to finish the service and support provided by Active New Zealand was honestly, second to none. Having arrived at Christchurch airport, we were promptly greeted by our guides and mentors, Lina and Natalie. These are two of the nicest, caring and funny people you could hope to meet (that's funny, ha, ha and not funny weird:¦ or maybe not ;-) ). Both girls were quick to put us at our ease and reassure us that we had definitely made the right choice. It was clear that both Lina and Nat were both passionate about their work and proud of their heritage, which they put to good use when storytelling or answering questions about history and surroundings. In short order, we set about our adventure and were pleased to note that such was the planning and experience of the girls, that any questions or concerns we might have had, were answered by Lina's introductions and directions ahead of asking. This continued throughout the trip to the very end and our final sad goodbye. As the days progressed, our group was given new challenges of varying difficulty, which members could adapt to suit their own strengths or requirements. All of which were achieved with the subtle encouragement and support given by our guides. Without doubt, we have far too many favoured parts of the trip to mention them all but of particular note was our first climb out of Braemar Station, by Mount Cook, white water rafting in Queenstown and in particular the three day hiking trip at Nelson Lakes. Throughout, the magic hands of Nat and Lina, provided snacks galore and delicious meals that always "hit the mark" and appeared just when needed. It was particularly pleasing to note that Nat took the time to ask the group as to preferences etc. and adapted her tasty meals to suit. Having arrived as strangers, the Rimu Trip gave ample opportunity for us to bond closely with our fellow travellers and as such we have made good friends, who we remain in contact with and hope to meet again. In its own right the Rimu Trip is excellent and should not need selling but what really made it for us was the tireless attention to detail, support and humour provided by both our guides. To Lina and Natalie, we take our hats off to you both and thank you for the brilliant time you gave us. Such was the adventure, we are now planning our next trip with Active, to South America. Thanks again to all at Active New Zealand.

| January 1970