Wellington, a sheep’s arse and Rugby

30/09/11

Having a playmate I was able to leave James to catch up on his beauty sleep as Alice and I headed down to explore wellington. After breakfast where the sexy waiter more than made up for the shocking coffee we hit the shops. Not so much to shop just to potter around.

Later with James in tow we popped into a walking shop offering you the chance to put your hand up a sheep. As we were going to the Wales V Fiji match we decided to give it a go. Alas it was not a real sheep but never the less I did win a hat so we concluded that having fun with sheep was not just for the sole enjoyment of the welsh.

With a number of hours to go before kick-off we headed to a nail salon. Yes yes I know this sounds a bit gay and it was. I had a pedicure and manicure, Alice had her nails done and big gay rushby had a facial. During the course of this we got talking to the owners who were Chinese. We enquired as to where would be good to eat. The place they mentioned we knew and when we left we were sent on our way with a slip of paper which Chinese characters telling the restaurant what we wanted to eat. What a phenomenal success that was as the food was out of this world and to quote Alice “some of the best she had eaten.” Now that’s high praise from Alice as she knows her food.
Before heading to the match we hit the pub near the ground to watch the New Zealand match. Watching was a loose term due to the inordinate number of people in the pub and the lack of TV’s. Suffice to say the All Blacks won and we had got our beer jackets on ready for the live match we were to watch.

Now one thinks is does not rain abroad but as certain as day follows night you can guarantee that if James and I go to a match it will be cold and wet. Hamilton duly obliged and before long we were rather cold. Not to worry though as my Welsh flag looked good and the Welsh smashed the opposition wining very convincingly.

After a sodden walk back to the fan zone we once again found ourselves in the pub watching Ireland play. They won and we all headed back to warm up. We’re not a young as we used to be as we had planned to go clubbing but a nice hot shower and a bed was far more appealing!