Russell and the Bay of Islands are supposed to be beautiful, but the weather changed all that. We had plans for some long walks, climbing to some viewpoints and a boat trip round the islands, but the rain sapped any motivation we had and we frankly couldn't be bothered. It was a bit of disastrous trip really, but what the hell, we were on holiday. What walks we did try resulted in us slipping all over the place and we got back to the car covered in mud. All the roads were unsurfaced and they had turned into skid tracks. Mike turned a bit psychotic and drove with the deliberate objective of skidding. He loved it, but I must admit that I did not have sufficient faith in his driving to be particularly comfortable with the
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