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NZ: A new woofing adventure: doing a bit of everything in the middle of nowhere

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Picking up where I left off….I dropped Ben off at the bus station then headed off to Kinloch, where I had arranged to ‘woof’ for the next 3 weeks – I was to be a housekeeper/maid/kitchen hand/cafĂ©/shop assistant person.  My car had been playing up a lot in the last few days and I said to Ben – if it was going to break down, it would be the day I had to drive to Kinloch, which is essentially in the middle of nowhere.  If only I had put a bet on it….. I picked up a hitch hiker, and no sooner had we introduced ourselves in the car did I lose all power going up a hill and the engine cut out.  Luckily for me there was a layby at the top of the hill so I pulled into that and called a tow truck, and felt really sorry for the hitchhiker who’d been waiting 2 hours to be picked up!!  However the people of New Zealand are amazing and he was picked up shortly after by someone who was checking to see if I needed any assistance. RIP to the gas guzzling, misfiring, creaky old beast xxx

NZ: A wee Southern roadtrip with Ben

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If I am honest I was freaking out a bit about being by myself for a weekend in Picton, having not been alone for over a month I was wondering if I had forgotten how to do it!!  However I need not have worried… The first day I was incredibly anti-social and spent the day glued to my laptop doing my blog….but at dinner in the evening I made friends with a guy who invited me along for a sunrise walk the following day and I roped in a further 2 girls who were on my dinner table at the hostel. The next day we woke bright and early and met in the kitchen at 6.15am….and waited…and waited a little while longer and the guy who originally suggested the walk never showed!!!  So we left without him, hiked up a hill and missed the sunrise because it rose in the opposite direction……however it did mean I had completed my daily step target by 7.30am so all was not lost! an unimpressive sunrise....but who knew Picton was that big! I had a wee nap when I got back to the hostel then