Well you would think the drama was over wouldn't you, but no, there was one more crisis (so to speak) to get through. We had the whole day in Auckland before catching the overnight bus to Wellington. We had a tired but good day in Auckland and were exceedingly happy to get on the bus to get some sleep. At about 3.00am in the morning the bus ground to a halt in the middle of nowhere. I woke to the driver announcing that 'cough cough, ahem, the bus had run out of diesel'. But we had only stopped at a petrol station an hour before!!! We then had to wait for another three hours before we were refuelled and could get on our way again! By which time, Kate (Dave's sister) was stood waiting for as
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