I slept very well, Bob less so. I'm going to get a spot-on for her when we pass the next vets to try and stop her scratching. When morning did arrive we vamooshed immediately, leaving the obnoxious kraut's behind, following the lake shore into countryside which could easily have been Rannoch Moor. We passed through the mock highlands, arriving in Wanaka as it was waking up, just in time for breakfast. This bustling lakeside town was a welcome change of pace from ...

The sand flies had taken heavy losses the previous evening, however such is their devilish nature that they re-grouped and under the cover of darkness formed a mass assault on the enema and its occupants. At that point they discovered that we had played our trump card in shutting all the windows. Smug in our airtight metal and glass coffin we watched them swarm at the windows, buzzing in frustration at being thwarted. Unfortunately at around 5am we overheated and...