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Shirley - BloodyMadWoman (BMW) is "stuck" in Franz Josef and needs a place to stay!! Apparently it's "fucken pissing down!!" there and she is asking nicely for a bed for tomorrow night... She aint gonna pay $70 for a dirty shitty cabin! (her words)
Please call or text her if you can help - 0274 524 977
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The weather forecast for Franz is for extremely heavy rain over the next 24 - 48 hours. There are a couple of very good backpackers in Franz that have accomodation for under $30 per night. I would advise BMW to find one.
Might I recommend Glow Worm Cottages, 27 Cron Street. A share with en-suite for around $26.
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Who is Franz Josef and how did she get stuck in him?
Last of a dying breed
Bloody Frenshmen!Originally Posted by Disco Dan
Born to be mild
Franz Josef was the eldest son of Archduke Franz Karl, who was brother and heir of Austrian Emperor Ferdinand I. Because his father renounced his right to the throne, Franz Josef became emperor when Ferdinand abdicated near the end of the revolution of 1848.
No idea how BMW got stuck in him.
(You did ask).
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Shirls is touring the sourf... She's likely to turn up at all sorts of places. Those that know her know she wouldn't ask for no good reason...
She's not a bad old duck...
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Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn.
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Whip it, whip it good!
I am going to text her right now and tell her you said that. She wont be on a PC for ages, and will miss it otherwise. Old duck indeed!
Yeah guys, if anyone can help her out please do. BMW is the singularly most independant woman I have ever met, she would not ask unless she really had to.
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I fully second that! When she has had enuf of SI and NI is where she rides round I am expecting a stop over here from her, so if you have not been nice to her I will find out...I am going to text her right now and tell her you said that. She wont be on a PC for ages, and will miss it otherwise. Old duck indeed!
Yeah guys, if anyone can help her out please do. BMW is the singularly most independant woman I have ever met, she would not ask unless she really had to.
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When I was down there in Feb, I didn't see any cheap Accomodation. She got tent with her?
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I stopped there on my christmas SI tour, was the worst town by far (only bad one actually). room i booked turned out to be a cupboard with a bed, heater was knaf so two days in soaked gear, all the food was over priced and rubbish. Fox down the road was nicer though. All just my humble opinion though. Hope she gets sorted out well and good.
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Not a very bike friendly place... Ended up staying in a half finished room a couple of years back, still expensive. Fined up the next day tho so the glacier was mint
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txt has gone out, if she can pretend to hold a paint brush she will get free bed at the old motel however cell reception dont always work so well over there, why is she stuck weather or bike?
cheers DD
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Bike is good, weather is not. She has her tent but the available space round those parts has been taken up by water right now...
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Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the evening,
we will remember them
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Hmmm when Gremlin and I did the FJ, we had a mint stay there! Food was good too (Nachos with heaps of beef, cheese and beans ... delicious it was).
BMW must be having a bunkum time of it if'n she has to ask! There is a nice layby I do recall which has well covered bush area for a quick sleep out ... but not exactly ideal is it!
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Be lucky if the sun ever shone here. I am stuck here cos of the pissing down torrential rain. Have to go tomorrow cos I've run out of money - will have to go back to Greymouth and go to chch rather than carry down the west WET coast. It just never stops raining!
Will have to camp on side of ride I think - the fn campsite here wanted 70 buks for a cabin - I promptly told them where they could stick that - among a few other things. Suggested cos they were charging like a wounded bull they at least tarseal their entrance so I didn't have to ride through fkn ponds. Then promptly squeezed my fist and shit loads of water came out of my gloves as I stood standing dripping wet in their fkn poncy foyer - and it's only a holiday park!! Needless to say I am staying there but am at Chateau Franz - a backpackers - and I'm in a caravan - they call it the Love Shack - fk me it is so kitsch - put anyone off sex. Haven't sussed out any talent anyway - alot of couples travel - not many single people travelling on their own tho.
They do have a free spa here - clothes are optional - thank god everyone has worn swim clothing. Also at 6pm every night they have free vegetable soup - I'm not really a soup person but when ya cold and wet it suddenly tastes good.
I do have a heater in my caravan - it has taken over 24 hours to dry out my wet weather gear - it was totally saturated at the hems and pockets - gloves were sopping but I have a couple of pairs with me.
Anyway my first nite was spent in Westport at a motorcamp there - my brother is also working there so we had dinner together. I then left the next day and visited a lovely old lady in Granity. I grew up with her family. Then I went to Karamea - it has got to be the most windiest road I've ever come across - lots of 25s and 35s - would have been great if I did not have so much weight on my bike. Beaut scenery tho.
Day 3 I rode to Hokitika - I always imagined that to be a big place - but it isn't. It was raining when I got there so I got a cabin.
Day 4 dawned quite clear so I took off to Franz Josef - half way thru it started to rain - thank god for rainex on my visor but in the end nothing was helping. So the rain hasn't stopped yet. At times is just gets heavier (if that is possible - it is here). Of course I don't have a raincoat or an umbrella do I, but kiwi ingenuity - I had bought a big plastic black tablecloth at the $2 shop for my crafts at home - but I'm glad I packed it - as it is a great rain cape.
Day 5 = stranded in Franz Josef
Day 6 - I will have to travel to Kumara (lol) and take the Arthurs Pass road to ChCh I guess. No point continuing down the Wet Coast.
Best go as time is running out on this internet machine.
Cheers Shirley
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