Breathalysers and Evictions

The tour has now reached Queenstown for the week in between the two England games in Dunedin. They describe this town as the 'Adventure Capital' of the world with every other  shop inviting you to throw yourself out of a plane, off a cliff, swing off a scarily high bridge or Jet Boat down a narrow canyon. Martha is hoping to Skydive and I will let you know in the next blog what other mad things we signed up for. The highlight of the past week was probably being on the packed terraces of the Pirates Rugby Club Bar in Dunedin cheering on a brilliant Ireland against Australia. I wonder how many of the people in that bar had ever shouted "Ireland Ireland" before.

The two live games this week were in Invercargill for Argentina v Romania and Dunedin for England v Georgia. The 4500 Argentinian fans are having a ball and create a brilliant party atmosphere wherever they go. Before the England game Greg put us through our paces on the beach in Dunedin with passing moves that Martin Johnson would have been proud of. Well maybe not ......

The brilliant Otago stadium was again host to English Knights, RAF Pilots, Roses, Cockney Gents and
Vikings all hoping for a big improvement against Georgia. I thought there was some light at the end of the tunnel but Greg was less than convinced. The lowlight of the tour so far saw the four locals sat next to us ejected for disorderly behaviour. Hats off to the Stewards and the Police for sorting them out and  we didn't wind them up honest. Its obviously not just football then.

Greg and Paula have been enjoying Arrowtown nearby as they eagerly await their Scenic Helicopter ride into the mountains. The rest of us have spent the past two days enjoying the fantastic snow and weather in the Cardrona ski fields. Great skiing in a very friendly resort. Knackered now.

Other highlights this week included Annie being breathalysed in Dunedin on our way home from the Rugby club where she was asked to breath and count to ten into a mouthpiece. Thankfully mineral water doesn't register. Owzthat Cricket update- England were eventually bowled out in their first innings for 356 with Alan Knott making a brilliant 109. Martha now leads the score prediction table on 114 with Greg second on 109.

With every other house and garage seemingly bedecked in 'All Black' colours I will leave you with this question- Does Rugby mean more to NZ than Football does to Brazil.?