This is the lethal guillotine - which has actually been used in Bourail - and still is in working order. He asked for volunteers, and almost everyone pointed the finger at one person - can you guess who?

After visiting the cemetery we went to a nearby beach for lunch and a swim. There's a "pierced rock" - which is why the place is called Roche Percee, where you can get through a hole in the rock at low tide. It was a relaxing time there till we could visit the Bourail Museum and get an account of the history of the town, including the connection that New Zealand has through its war involvement. Presently there's an exposition of things connected to the war efforts of the NZers in Wellington.

Meg, after she'd placed a poppy and the Southland Spirit of a Nation flag on a headstone at the New Zealand cemetery in Bourail. A contingent of 2500 soldiers was based there in the Second World War, and about 50 lost their lives in the South Pacific. I thought they were buried there, but our bus driver seemed to think they were just plaques commemorating their deaths - will have to ask Syd Harvey from Tuatapere, who was based there and who visited again a year ago after 63 years.

We ate in the canteen twice - other days we got a packed lunch of a sandwich (half a baguette with lettuce and ham). This meal was pasta, casserole meat, green beans, bread, kiwifruit, and water to drink. The naughty children have to wipe the tables down when it's needed. Children go in their classes, and it's constant from 11.30 onwards. About an hour later students from the high school next door come over for their meal. Parents pay once a term for this and it's really quite cheap, but you have to swipe your ID card to get it.

And now we are all starting to get bitten by mosquitoes! Free day tomorrow - so look out, shops! Actually, not really, because prices are fairly high. It will be the swimming pool at the hotel which will take the hit. May as well make the most of it because we hear the weather's not great at home.

And Lucy managed to get away - 4.00am start for her and Kathryn this morning to get her to the airport, but it was worth being there that bit earlier than the hundreds of others. Hope the rest of her tournament goes well.