Wellywood is freezing!

It's been blimming well freezing in Wellywood, and I don't do being cold. There has been lots of fast walking going on to try and stay warm! The temperature is in the early teens, but the wind chill is making it drop to barely over double digits. Mental note to self - next time, bring snowboarding jacket! Travel is always a challenge, but this time it's a bit of a mare. I have to eat every couple of hours and have quite a restricted diet at the moment (no junk, no grog, no choccie, no excess sugar or fat, etc etc etc) - and that's before we consider my multitude of food allergies. We were staying in a hostel which has a supermarket across the road, which has been my saving grace. It's been back and forth to the supermarket for breakfast, lunch and dinner, snacks, milk...etc. Four or five times a day, it was off to grab something else! Packing to come down was interesting too as I had gym gear, swim gear, protein, normal clothes, trainers, jandals and thermals. This all had to fit in a 10kg baggage allowance on the way down, and a 7kg on the way back. My advice for travelling with carry-on baggage only? Pack stuff you are happy to dispose of before you go home. I deliberately took things that were two sizes too big thanks to all my training and dropped them off in the clothing recycle bin at the hostel after washing them on our last day. Sorted! And take books - audio or real ones. When you're a total nana like I am these days and want to go to bed at 8pm because you're tired, it helps to have things to read :-)