fter a year of planning and two recce trips, the Coast-to-Coast trip Ashley and I were running for our 4WD club was finally happening, with a party of seven vehicles and twelve people meeting at Wanganui on a Saturday morning. May’s Friday commitments saw us leave Lower Hutt at 4:00pm with a plan for tea at the Wanganui Top 10 with Gillian and Ashley. Unfortunately, 45 minutes later we were stopped near the front of what ended up being a very long queue caused by a multi-vehicle incident that blocked the SH1 expressway at Otaki. Still, better to be part of the queue than
