Best laid plans.... again

I get home after a long day at the NRC in Whangarei only to manage to lock myself out of the house. By the time I walk into town, locate Geoff at the Swordy club it's 7.00 pm and I don't manage to extract him until after 8.00. Finally get in the house, and realise I've left my raincoat there - back to collect that and then at 8.30 log on to the internet to discover that the ship is barrelling down the coast at a great rate of knots and is expected in at 4.00 tomorrow. Looks like Sam was pretty spot on.

Major panic to try and get manifest through to customs (they don't publish a phone number in the book for some strange reason), sort out MAF and let all the friends and family know; cancel my planned day in Whangarei tomorrow morning and rearrange everything.

If you are reading this, be at Opua wharf on 3rd August after 4.00 - consider yourself warned! A bottle of rum is already set aside.