Woke to torrential rain so abandoned the camping and went back to Chris house. Had a break from the constant rugby tonight and went up to Auckland to watch England v Silver Ferns. This was a lovely change we had an indoor seat, no rain, good view and lots of free stuff as well. England lost by quite a bit and the Ferns were not at their best but it was still a great game to watch. Got out about 10pm with the rain still lashing down - we had hoped to go out to som...

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...

Today is "ag day" yes that's right surprisingly I didn't have a clue what anyone was talking about for weeks either ag means agricultural day. And what do Kiwis do on this day they take their farm animals into school for judging - it's like Krufts but with cows, sheep, goats and chickens (simples!) Now I wasn't expecting many animals as Horsham Downs is a small school oh! but how wrong I was there were about 75 calves, 50 sheep, 20 chickens and 4 goats (obviously...

Had another relaxing day today although I am feeling much better but still sound rough (if I was married to a caring husband I am sure I could use this to my advantage). However I am married to Nick who seems completely oblivious to the fact that I have been ill. Went out for a walk this evening and noticed that all the calves now have numbers tagged to them, I hope this doesn't mean they will be sharing a plate with some yorkshire puddings sometime soon!