The Countdown Has Begun

Less than a year till kick off in New Zealand. I’m that excited about it I’ve put a clock in the sidebar counting down the hours and minutes and seconds. In reality I should be writing a post based on travel to New Zealand, the various options, the size of re-mortgage I’m going to have to take out to make it on a “supporters” tour.

Unfortunately, having just spent the last two hours searching for a suitable countdown plugin, I’m going to leave it for now. I’m not even very happy with the one I’ve got. Rubbish.

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