A big box just arrived in the post. Mama’s opening it. Talking of post, I sent the APS film off for reprints and got nothing back. So I rang them and they claimed not to have received it. Arrgh.

I recognise that double heart beat; I get it when playing tennis. Most disconcerting.
Concerning ‘tarnished silver’. Harken to this:

“Silver does not corrode in the accepted sense but is tarnished by hydrogen sulphide and other sulphur-containing gases. This can be removed by a standard silver polish. Alternatively, the reaction can be reversed, that is, the silver sulphide converted back to silver metal using the following procedure.

Mix about 4 tablespoons of washing soda with 2 pints of very hot water. Place a piece of aluminium foil in the bottom of a plastic mixing bowl and stand a piece of tarnished silverware on the aluminium foil. Wearing rubber gloves, pour the hot soda solution into the bowl until the silver item is completely covered (make sure it remains in contact with the aluminium foil). Within a few minutes the tarnish will transfer from the silver to the aluminium foil. Remove the now sparkling silver item, rinse and dry it with a soft cloth.”

How about this bed for someone’s room?

Mmm. Which plan were you refering to? Rethinking, overnight, I realise that if you do want to go to Bali, on 6th July, maybe you need to change everything now, rather than nearer the time, because availability might be a problem. In fact, it might be a problem already! I hadn’t thought about that.
To recap:
Plan A was re-route everything from Auckland to tie in with T&G in Bali, retuning to London at the end of July.
Plan B was simply delay the existing routing until you’re clearer.
Here’s Plan C. It’s clear that you’re heading further and further away from Kerikeri! Figure out where, roughly, you’ll be by the beginning of July. Nelson, mayhap!!!!! Re-reoute your ticket now, at a cost of US$75, to Nelson (or wherever the nearest NZ airport is to where you’ll be)-Auckland-Sin-Bali-Sin-Lon, tieing in with T&G’s times. As you approach the beginning of July, either you’ll use the ticket, or you’ll have decided something completely different. Then you just pay the few dollars to change the dates until you know what you want to do and either use the ticket as it is or re-route it again.
Plan D is Mama’s. She suggests working backwards. Assuming you need to be here by mid September, arrange to go somewhere in SE Asia for a week of two before legging it to London, so leave NZ towards the end of August.
Plan E. A new one. Rip the ticket up and get a job! Establish yourself as a plastacine modeller in NZ. We’ll visit you on our bicycle tour later this year. There’s an article in the Sunday Times saying nine tenths of university degrees are a waste of time and money and don’t help much in the job market, anyway.
Hey, what happened to all the hair raising stories you used to regale us with?

Mama let out several shrieks of dismay when she heard you had started diving. It hadn’t crossed my mind, but possibly it’s not the best thing to do if you’ve got this allergic thing bubbling around inside. All the side effect warnings talk about breathing difficulties as well as lumps and itching, so maybe heading deep down underwater, which affects your metabolism anyway, is tempting providence. Not wanting to be a wet blanket and all that; but what’s wrong with staying on land (out of the sun, of course, on account of increased sensitivity!) until you know for sure what’s the cause of this ‘thing’?

The ‘high fever’ is just a possible sign of malaria. The odds are you weren’t even bitten!

Note what she said about fakes!

I thought you said earlier you had already stopped Doxy?