We've been living in Olive now for 5 weeks and in that time we have travelled 4500km. During this time we have slept everywhere from the shores of the Pacific Ocean to the back of a police station. We have developed ways of remaining reletively sane during the many hours on the road including taking up new hobbies eg embroidary, ukele playing, playing 2 player card games (suggestions welcome). We also practice our accents, which do become slightly annoying after a while (we are currently cocknies).
Anyway, we spent one lovely day in Olive this week, doing such activities as it rained all day. We also went to watch the NZ Vs France game in a fanzone in Wairoa, where we both later admitted rather shamefully to each other, that we had switched allegiences half way through and were secretly and siliently willing the French on!
We spend a lot of time speculating on how exhausted we both feel, which is odd given that we spend most of our time inactive in Olive, except on days where we go swimming or rowing or walking (as long it's on the flat, for the benefit of little Roo's dear knee nors). We do eat like kings however, thanks to one of the many skills that Roo has. She has Pee to thank for her skill with veges and in turn, I am duly grateful.
You will know that Roo (even if you know her only a little bit), is FANTASTIC at pretty much anything! Which is really bladdy annoying if you're like me and a bit rubbish at most things! No serioulsy though, she is and it's not annoying at all - honest. We are on a perpetual economy drive (which will cheer my Dad to hear) and have discovered that going swimming is cheaper than staying the night in a campsite for a shower. So killing two birds with one stone, we get to keep fit and have a wash in one go! Needless to say, Roo is a fish when it comes to swimming and can even do those clever little turns that proper swimmers do, so having always wanted to be able to do that, I had a swimming lesson in Gisborne where I indeed got nowhere near mastering it, but floundered around enthusiastically as ususal. (Roo, encouraging as ever, says I was good).
She's also a BRILLIANT map reader, thankfully, as I get awfully confuse with the whole business and never fail to get us lost.
She's also MAGNIFICENT at rowing, kayaking, snorkling and is extremely brave and daring when it comes to such things. I on the other hand, am not and row in circles, (I really do) and am a little scared of sea animals in general.
She is also a WORLD CHAMPION at sleeping, something which comes very naturally to her, particulalry at times of stress.
ANyway, we did rescue a poor little hedgehog from certain death the other night. Roo, in her wisdom, decided to use my swimming costume to carry the little thing out of harms way! GREAT.
It's been great fun, but strangly tiring all this travelling and we'll bve glad to get to Auckland for a mid way rest back at the original Olive's place next week.
Love to all,
Emma.
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