We were awoken early to the smell of bacon cooking on deck with big smiles on our faces as the pressure is off and we are on the way to the semis. We are lucky enough to have two Aussies, a barbecue and sunshine on our boat today so the food is taken care of as we have the experts in BBQ cooking on board! The Aussies supported us Welsh yesterday and it was our turn to reciprocate so we allowed them to raise a couple of their flags on the boat and sang along to ...

Well if Carlsberg did Rugby Tours this is how it would go! 1. You will have a nice lie in and then head off for the local supermarket to get some food (in pajamas as there is a huge queue for the showers!) Irene Van Dyk (GS for New Zealand - the Dan Carter of netball!) is holding a netball shoot out competition at the butchery department to win a fresh chicken! I won't lie I was a gibbering wreck and missed the first 2 goals (Taranau girls remember not t...

Had an early start so we could get to Wellington at a reasonable hour. Arrived and found our free car park for tonight which is fab it has great showers and a fantastic view of the harbor. Our next door neighbors are the same couple who were parked up next to us last week in Hamilton, Craig and Julia (mad!) Craig managed to blag a load of fish off one of the fishing boats which came in to harbor and got cooking. The smell enticed the other campers on the site ...

Well the day has finally arrived Wales v South Africa and it is pouring with rain. Had an exciting morning as Shaun Edwards came round our campsite signing autographs and having photos taken, swiftly followed by S4C who filmed me and Tasha in our spacious campervan! Went out early to meet up with a guy Nick went to school with who we randomly bumped into whilst walking down the street. They hadn't seen each other in 22 years but neither of them seemed very exci...

Had a 6 am start this morning in order to catch our flight to Auckland. Picking up the campervan was an absolute shambles which took about 1 ½ hours not good when you have an 8 hour drive ahead. The good news is it does have 3 seats in the front; I had booked the van when it was just me and Nick going to NZ (2 persons only) and have been trying unsuccessfully to upgrade it since Tasha decided to join us so was a bit concerned that there would only be two seats. ...