Jan 06 2013 by nutt

Sounds after New Year

Posted in RTW

So woke up today after little sleep dude to noisy drunks on the street and not feeling well, this was not a think head either, I had a very unhappy tum 🙁 Amanda’s tum was ok so must have been the dodgy NZ beer they do over here. So of to Mc D’s for breakfast cus thats always a good idea for un happy tums lol. But they had good loo’s.

We were up late and so we headed after this for a swim at the local pool to relax. This was great fun and after around an hour we got out, will Amanda swam lengths I messed around on a rope swing into the pool 🙂

When we got out I had a Skype with Gloucestershire Network and other Scouter’s to help them bring in the New Year in Murrey Hall. It was funny to be running skype and camera over a mobile network to chat to a room full of people the otherside of the world. From here after popping to the dump station we started of for Picton to get the night ferry back to Wellington. We took the scenic route that went past the Marlborough Sounds. Just before we left we stopped to see a statue just outside Nelson, that represented the life of Maori and the Sea.

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This was a slow windy route and we even headed of up one of the areas between the straight so to get a better view. We stopped of on the way so I could have a rest and came across a place called the Slip Inn next to the marina, they served New Zealand green muscles so I had some.

Along the way we drove past a place called Woodchester so Obviously I had to stop and see.

We then stopped of in Picton and had dinner in the van before heading to the Ferry port where Amanda had a sleep for an hour or two while I played on the laptop  before we were boarded. We diden’t get much sleep on board due to an inconsiderate guy that wanted to have a light on in the only dark room in the ferry and the other end of the room was a guy snoring very loudly. The boat also in the main strait was pitching and cause Amanda not to feel so great.

We arrived in Wellington at 5:30 and went to the dump station to get a couple hours sleep. Around 8:30 we got up dumped our wasted and headed for a tyre.