NELSON - NEW ZEALAND'S "EDEN"

I prevail upon Julian Raine for my Six day’s in and around Nelson. Despite it being his busiest time of Year and time spent at the Wellington leg of the CSC he warmly welcomes me to his home. I think Cath is now quite used to Nuffield refugees.

I meet some very interesting people in a whirlwind tour of orchards & processing plants. These guys are so focussed and producing some extremely impressive fruit and products.

I find a cider plant and have a tour around it but they cannot direct me towards any cider apple trees.

Guess what, the local public pool is just 2 minutes from Julian’s house!