[lettie]

I returned to Auckland to spend my final weekend in NZ with my family, and I also had a little job to do. My Dad had bought a Stanley shirt for a fella that he met in NZ last April. So I had to go to his house and have the official presentation of the shirt. He's a big fella is Brian, and the shirt didn't fit, so he has hung it on his living room wall along with lots of other English football memorabilia. The last photos from NZ are of Brian and his new favourite shirt, and of my step-brother, sister in law and nephew being very patriotic on Rugby World Cup Final night. We attended a big party that night, as the game didn't start until 10pm over there, we were all well oiled and face painted. Great atmosphere with a good mixture of Poms, Kiwis and Aussies. I didn't want to come home...