Up bright and early in order to catch the 7am shuttle. However, the shuttle did not surface and we were shoved on a kiwi bus. We arrived at the ferry terminal and had 1 and half hours to wait till boarding. The ferry was massive. Yet another delay before we hit the water. Once in Picton the nerves,stress and uncertainly started again - are we or are we not on the bus,only Kerry's name was called on the register leaving Rob stranded, luckily there were 11 no shows giving Rob a seat. We stopped off at Marlborough where the majority of the group had a wine tasting session me and Rob settled for a thickshake and 100g of fudge. Arrived in nelson around 4pm. We checked into our room and Rob started yet another political debate
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