Today is our last day in Mission Bay, Auckland so we went out for a walk on the beach in the morning and then called with the Brecon boys to say goodbye (Nick didn't blubber at all thankfully!) When we got back Nick started packing which only took him 3 hours and then went to take photos of Laura's car. Now Laura our host works for a brewery and has a company car with pictures of Guiness all over it and GUINESS as a number plate which Nick thinks is very cool. Pe...

Had another early start in the pubs to watch the rugby. Nick has ditched the too tight shirt in favour of something with more room. He reckons it's because the shirt is dirty, I reckon it is because it is restricting his breathing as by the end of the evening last night he was looking very blue and was unable to complete a sentence; this however may have been due to the cold and the amount of alcohol he had consumed?? Watched Wales beat Fiji and fortunately the r...

Set off for Hamilton today where we will be staying for the weekend to watch Wales play. Nick is still insisting on wearing his too tight rugby jersey on nights out (it transpires that the WRU website does state please order this jersey in a larger size - this however was missed when ordering (oops!) Our neighbours on the campsite all had a go of modelling it and it would seem this top is like spanx but in tshirt form. Set out to the pubs early to watch the rugby...

Made our way into Hamilton early and parked the van in the campsite that is to be our home tonight. Ended up sitting in the van for an hour waiting for the rain to ease off before setting off into town. Unfortunately the rain seemed to get worse once we got into town and we were a bit worried as our seats for the rugby game were in the uncovered section of the ground. Oh well my 20 minutes spent straightening my hair will all be in vain and the Adam Jones look wi...