Thursday

massive storms swept up the country overnight and wellington had gale force winds which was a bit tricky as i had to go down to appear in front of a select committee with my boss

there were various warning being announced in the airport that flights to wellington would be subject to delays and cancellations.  we eventually got out our plane a little bit later than scheduled.  the captain then said something along the lines of:

‘i’m not going to lie to you, the weather in wellington is terrible – rain, sleet, cold, gusty showers.  but we’ve got enough fuel so that if we get down there and can’t land we can make it back up to Auckland’. 

Reassuring

the flights was fine in the end, although a few bumps.  and i bumped in to my chum alex from church at auckland airport so we shared a taxi in to wellington when we arrived

the giving evidence was fine – my boss did all the talking and i just sat there and smiled nicely   then we went for lunch  as all my other wellington based colleagues were out of the office !

really wild weather in wellington – snow, hail, sleet, much wind and freezing temperatures.  glad i could put my beard to use keeping my face warm

weather was even worse by the time i was due to fly back and weather at auckland was promised to be even worse.  but in the end it was fine

but the waves were quite dramatic from the sky

Alex was on the plane on the same flight on the way back too so he gave me a lift home rather than me getting a taxi.  unfortunately due to the route and the timing that took about an hour longer than if i’d just got a taxi!

girls had school. jane has piles of marking

here’s a man with a goblet at auckland airport this morning