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| The open road. Somewhere on South Island. Probably. |
The drivers, being preordained to just, well, drive - while also listening obsessively for any markedly dischordant notes in the mechanical backing track from afore and abaft - are often oblivious of the geographical meanderings of the rally route, even when it runs to the original plan. And today we ended up well off schedule: due to fire risks in the back country we were re-routed onto the coast road (by some ocean but I couldn’t be Specific) and then a blast back up the tarmac inland again to the resort town of Hanmer Springs, pop 840. The weather is dry, sunny and quite hot again. Addendum: Penny and Rita scored zero time penalties at the hotel washing machine, despite some illegal baulking from other crews and appeals for ambiguous signage.
Love reading all this - I can smell the dry grass and warm soil while watching the snow falling here. Hope your luck holds! Claire B. xx
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