NZ CONTINUED....

5.9.08....DAY 38
10.00AM...WOKE WITH SORE HEAD...I WOKE AT 5.00AM AND IT HAD TAKEN 2 HOURS FOR ME TO FALL ASLEEP AGAIN...HEAD AND NOSE IN TURMOIL...PARACETAMOL AND LEMONADE.
10.14AM...CUPPA TEA.
10.35AM...RICE CRISPIES.
11.00AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
11.30AM...ANOTHER CUPPA/PARACETAMOL.
11.50AM...WALKING INTO TOWN.
12.20PM...BOUGHT ENGLISH NEWSPAPER.
1.00PM...CLOTHING SHOP...NU NEEDS TROUSERS.
1.20PM...NU NOT TOTALLY HAPPY WITH TROUSERS...BUT SHE STILL BOUGHT THEM?!
2.10PM...PUB.
3.20PM...FISH[GUENARD] AND CHIPS...NOT BAD...NOT BAD AT ALL...FISH TASTY...NOT EXPENSIVE EITHER.
4.10PM...WOOLWORTHS SUPERMARKET...NEED MEAT FOR TOMORROW.
5.05PM...BACK AT ROOM.
5.20PM...CUPPA TEA.
6.00PM...NU SEARCHING EVERYWHERE FOR OUR PHOTO DISC!...I'M GLAD HER HEAD IS SCREWED ON!
6.25PM...PHONED LAST PLACE WE STAYED...HPOEFUL DISC WILL TURN UP.
8.00PM...FEELING WEAK AND LISTLESS...NEED SYMPATHY 24/7...NU JUST BATS HER EYELIDS...SHE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE SUFFERING I'M GOING THRU...I'M A VERY DELICATE CHAP!


6.9.08...DAY 39...
8.10AM...DETERMINED TO DO SOMETHING TODAY...I'M NOT ONE TO SIT AND MOAN!
8.30AM...CUPPA TEA.
8.50AM...RICE CRISPIES...THEY SNAP AND CRACKLE...NOT SURE ABOUT TASTE...MY TASTE BUDS ARE NOT THE BEST...OH WOE IS ME!
9.20AM...SHOWER...FUNNY REALLY...WHEN YOU ARE IN THE SHOWER YOUR NOSE SEEMS OK...PERHAPS I SHOULD STAY HERE ALL DAY?...FUNNY HEY?...MAYBE NOT?
10.10AM...WALKING TO TOWN CENTRE.
10.50AM...SATURDAY MARKET.
11.30AM...NU BOUGHT TWO BOOKS AND A CARD FOR TOMS BIRTHDAY...MINES ON OCT 11TH...JUST INCASE ANYBODY FORGOTTEN!
12.20PM...SHOP DISPLAYING ACTUAL RINGS THAT WERE USED IN THE FILM 'LORD OF THE RINGS'.
1.00PM...PUB...JUG OF BEER...CHEESE AND TOM TOASTIE.
2.20PM...WALKING BACK TO ACCOMADATION...SUNSHINING,BUT A LITTLE COLD...LIMBS ACHING...BODY ACHING.
3.00PM...LULLING ON BED.
4.00PM...READING NEWSPAPER.
5.00PM...NU GONE TO DO DINNER...I USUALLY COOK...BUT SHE'S SHOWING SOME SYMPATHY...BLESS!
5.40PM...DINNER READY...DO I FEEL HUNGRY?
6.30PM...BOOKED ANOTHER NIGHT...SO WILL DEPART MONDAY.
7.20PM...LISTENING TO WORLD SERVICE ON RADIO...HAITI STORMS...AMERICAN ELECTION...ANGOLA GOES TO THE POLLS...FISH PEDICURE?!
8.00PM...CHOC PUD AND ICECREAM...JUST TESTING MY TASTE BUDS.
8.30PM...NU DRINKING BRANDY...ORANGE JUICE FOR ME.


7.9.08...DAY 40...
9.00AM...THIS IS GONNA BE A SLOW DAY.
9.34AM...CUPPA TEA.
10.10AM...BACK IN BED...I'M HUNGRY...GUESS I'LL SURVIVE!
11.30AM...STILL IN BED.
12.05PM...SHOWER.
1.00PM...COOKING/FRYING BEANS/SAUSAGE/MUSHROOMS/EGGS.
1.25PM...WISH I HADN'T BOTHERED...SAUSAGES WELL BURNT!...WELL,I'LL EXPLAIN...THE GRILL IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY...SO I DID THEM IN THE PAN...BY THE TIME I REALISED THE GRILL WAS NOT WORKING...AND HAD TRIED TO FIGURE OUT WHY...THE BEANS HAD STUCK TO THE PAN...THE MUSHROOMS?...WELL,THE MUSHROOMS...AND THE EGGS HAD SHRIVELLED...PLUS THE TOAST HAD NOT TOASTED DUE TO THE TOASTER NOT TOASTING...ALL IN ALL IT WAS A HORRIBLE MESS!...AND THE SAUSAGES GOT WELL BURNT DOWN ONE SIDE 'CAUSE I WAS TRYING TO RESCUE IT ALL!
1.35PM...BINNED SAUSAGES!...FORCED EVERYTHING ELSE IN...I WAS HUNGRY!...GUESS I SHOULD HAVE STAYED IN BED!
3.00PM...RINGING[WITH HARDSHIP...WELL EVERYTHING SEEMS 10 TIMES HARDER WHEN YOU'VE GOT A STUFFED UP NOSE!]...ALL THE PLACES WE HAVE STAYED IN THE LAST WEEK...STILL ON THE TRAIL OF OUR PRECIOUS LOST DISC...THERES SOME GREAT PHOTO'S OF ME THAT I KNOW AN AWFUL LOTTA PEOPLE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE!
4.00PM...NO LUCK AS YET...PERHAPS THE PAPPARAZZI HAVE GOT HOLD OF THE DISC AND I'LL BE IN THE 'NEWS OF THE WORLD' COME SUNDAY?
6.00PM...CHEESE/CUCUMBER SANDWICH.
8.00PM...PHONED MOTHER AND PAULINE.
9.00PM...VODKA AND COKE/PEANUTS.


8.9.08...DAY 41...
7.55AM...TIME TO MOVE.
8.15AM...TWO CUPS OF TEA...ONE FOR MY BABE...ONE FOR ME!
8.40AM...SHOWER.
9.20AM...CARRYING BAGS TO CAR...STILL FEEL FEEL...BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN ONE TO SHIRK MY RESPONSIBILITIES!?!
9.45AM...RICE CRISPIES/ANOTHER CUPPA.
10.15AM...PHONING SOME PLACE WE STAYED THAT ASKED US TO PHONE BACK IN CONNECTION WITH LOST DISC.
10.40AM...STILL NO LUCK IN SEARCH FOR OUR LOST DISC.
11.05AM...OFF WE SET.
11.10AM...PETROL STATION.
11.20AM...OFF WE SET AGAIN...I WONDER HOW LONG A PERSON USES OF THERE LIFESPAN PUTTING PETROL IN THERE CARS?
11.50AM...RICHMOND...SMALL TOWN...DROVE ON.
12.20PM...ON A RIDICULOUSLY BENDY ROAD GOING UP A MOUNTAIN SIDE.
12.40PM...STILL ON A RIDICULOUSLY BENDY ROAD GOING DOWN A MOUNTAIN SIDE.
1.15PM...TAKAKA...ANOTHER SMALL TOWN...DROVE ON.
1.50PM...COLLINGSWOOD...THIS IS THE PLACE WE THOUGHT WE MAY STAY FOR A NIGHT.
2.05PM...DISCUSSING WHAT TO DO...CHEESE AND BREAD.
2.25PM...DECIDED TO DRIVE BACK TO TAKAKA.
3.10PM...BACK IN TAKAKA...KIWIANA HOSTEL...ONLY TWO GERMANY GIRLS AND A CANADIAN STAYING THERE...SUITS US...BOOKED TWO NIGHTS.
3.35PM...SUPERMARKET.
3.50PM...GUESS WHAT I'VE FOUND...IT HAD BEN IN THE FRONT CAR TRAY ALL ALONG...NU AND I ARE GOING BLIND...ALL SMILES...DISC FOUND!
4.10PM...LAMB UNDER GRILL...CABBAGE/SPUD ON BOIL.
5.30PM...PLAYING POOL WITH CANADIAN CHAP...HE CAN'T PLAY POOL TO SAVE HIS LIFE!
6.30PM...BORED...NOSE IS GETTING BETTER.


9.9.08...DAY 42...
9.00AM...FEEL/WISH I COULD FLY HOME TO ENGLAND TODAY.
9.20AM...TWO CUPS OF TEA...ONE FOR MY NAUGHTY GIRL...ONE FOR ME!
9.50AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
10.30AM...TOASTED MUFFINS/CUPPA COFFEE.
11.50AM...WALKING IN TO TOWN/VILLAGE CENTRE.
12.15PM...WALKING SHOPS SLOWLY...THERES NOT THAT MANY...HOPING TIME WILL PASS QUICKLY.
1.05PM...PUB...BEER.
1.25PM...TOASTED SANDWICH...I THINK THEY FORGOT THE FILLING...NICE TOAST!
3.30PM...BACK AT HOSTEL...LOADS OF PEOPLE HAVE ARRIVED...I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY HAVE TO CHOOSE THE SAME PLACE WE ARE STAYING!?
4.10PM...TIME TO COOK...TUMMY HUNGRY...GONNA MAKE COTTAGE PIE...THE WILLIS WAY!...KITCHEN PACKED...BUT NOTHING/NO ONE GETS IN MY WAY...ACTUALLY EVERYBODY SEEMS TO GET OUTA MY WAY.
5.10PM...GLORIOUS...GLORIOUS COTTAGE PIE...NO-BODY...BUT NO-BODY MAKES COTTAGE PIE LIKE ME...I COULD SEE 'OTHERS' LOOKING ON ENVIOUSLY!
6.30PM...PLAYING POOL WITH A DANISH CHAP...HE CAN'T PLAY POOL TO SAVE HIS BACON[HA-HA].
7.30PM...BORED.
9.00PM...IN BED...NOT SO BORED?!


10.9.08...DAY 43...
7.50AM...TIME TO STAGGER TO LIFE.
8.10AM...TWO CUPS OF TEA...ONE FOR MY NUMBER ONE GIRLIE...AND ONE FOR ME!
8.35AM...SHOWER.
9.15AM...EVERYTHING IN BAGS...EVERYTHING IN A MESS.
9.25AM...EVERYTHING IN CAR.
9.40AM...TOASTED MUFFINS/COFFEE.
10.15AM...WE ARE ON OUR WAY...NEXT STOP UNSURE...KINDA MEANDERING.
11.10AM...STOPPED IN TARRAKAWA...I THINK THATS THE SPELLING?
11.15AM...SUPERMARKET...NEED CHEESE...HATE BEING WITHOUT CHEESE...DON'T YOU?
11.20AM...THEY DON'T HAVE 'MAINLAND VINTAGE'...ITS AN EXPENSIVE CHEESE...BUTS ITS THE CLOSED TASTING TO ENLISH MATURED YOU'LL GET HERE...OUCH!
11.30AM...BACK IN CAR.
1.20PM...MURCHISON...THEY CALL IT A TOWN...WE WOULD CALL IT A VILLAGE.
1.45PM...BOOKED INTO 'THE LAZY COW HOSTEL'...ITS MANAGED BY A COUPLE OF 60 YEAR OLDS FROM SOMERSET,ENGLAND.
2.40PM...WALKED THE SIX SHOPS IN ABOUT 4 MINS.
2.44PM...PUB.
3.00PM...CHATTING WITH RETIRED KIWI COUPLE...PLEASANT ENOUGH.
3.30PM...CHALLENGED A LOCAL [NAMED LEE] TO A GAME OF POOL...ALSO PLAYED HIS MATE TIM...WASTE OF TIME...THEY'RE HOPELESS...OR AM I TOO GOOD?
5.30PM...BACK AT 'THE LAZY COW'.
6.10PM...SCRAMBLED EGG ON TOAST.
7.00PM...CHATTING WITH SOMERSET COUPLE...HAVING A BEER.


11.9.08...DAY 44...
8.00AM...ANOTHER DAY OF MEANDERING...I GUESS.
8.20AM...TWO CUPS OF TEA...ONE FOR ME...AND ONE FOR MISSY!
8.40M...SHOWER.
9.10AM...WE HADN'T BOUGHT MUCH IN...SO THERE WASN'T MUCH TO TAKE BACK TO THE CAR...EVERTHING STILL A MESS!
9.35AM...WEETABIX/CUPPA TEA.
9.55AM...TIME TO MOVE...GONNA DRIVE IN THE DIRECTION OF WESTPORT.
10.30AM...THE SUN WAS OUT...BUT NOW THE RAIN AS ARRIVED.
11.40AM...WESTPORT...SUPERMARKET...THEY HAVE THE CHEESE TO PLEASE...ALSO BOUGHT BREAD AND COOKED BEEF.
12.05PM...ON CARPARK...SCOFFING BEEF SANDWICH WITH COLEMANS MUSTARD...DO YOU KNOW...YOU PROPERLY DO...BUT I DON'T WANT YOU FORGETTING!...ITS ONLY ONE MONTH TO MY NEXT BIRTHDAY WHEN I'LL BE 42!
12.35PM...DRIVING TO KARAMEA...ALONG BEACH ROAD...VERY SCENIC...WAVES CRASHING.
2.00PM...KARAMEA...IF THE LAST PLACE WAS A TOWN...THIS PLACE IS A HAMLET...RONGO'S HOSTEL...WITH A DOG NAMED MOO...HE'S NOT SURE ABOUT US...BETTER FIND THE DIGESTIVES!
2.15PM...BOOKED A NIGHT...ATTEMPTING TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH MOO.
2.50PM...EVERYTHING COMING OUTA CAR...NEEDA SORT...NEEDS A TIDY.
4.00PM...STEAK UNDER GRILL...CAULI/CARROT/SPUD ON BOIL...WE'VE GOTTA ENOUGH STEAK TO FILL THREE...SO WE'VE ASKED BRIAN TO JOIN US...WE ARE THE ONLY ONES STAYING HERE...AND HE'S ON HIS OWN RUNNING THE PLACE...KINDA FELT IT WAS RIGHT?
4.30PM...THOUGHT I'D OVER COOKED THE STEAK...BUT IT TASTED OK.
5.00PM...WASHING UP.
5.30PM...MADE FRIENDS WITH MOO...DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE CHEWY BIT OF STEAK I GAVE HIM?
6.20PM...BOTTLE O'WINE...BREAD AND BUTTER PUD/CUSTARD?
7.30PM...MOO WANTS MORE FUSS[TUMMY RUB]...I'M MOO'S BEST FRIEND NOW!


YOU'RE NEVER TO OLD TO LIVE YOUR CHILDHOOD!


BYE FOR NOWZ.