DAY 9 - NELSON i have no optional activities booked for today so the morning is going to be a lasy one, but i think i deserve it. i managed to get up for breakfast although i think im still drunk so go back to bed until about 1.30. a few of us go into town, get something to eat and spend some time on the internet. good to see ipswich are doing doing well, not. ah well at least southampton are having a bad time too. later on we have a big game of f...

DAY 8 - WELLINGTON TO NELSON we have an early start this morning to catch a ferry accross to the south island. nick has already left with the coach on an earlier ferry. they forgot to book the passangers on the ferry with the coach. i so nearly missed the shuttlebus to the ferry port, fortunately my fellow passengers made them wait while steve fetched me from the room. again i miss brekkie. we getr to the ferry port only to discover that we are delay...