most days started with bacon
it rained and rained. and the wind blew. it was a low rather than a passing cyclone so it stuck around for a while
so we stayed in and did a jigsaw. here some progress pictures.
it was still unfinished at my time of leaving
and we did a bit more exploring of the holiday bach
it had a decidedly retro feel
and we awoke to find it also had a leaky roof. no worried though. jane’s mum put various vessels around the house and put damp cloths at the bottom to stop the drips being too noisy.
the simpson’s got a bit stir crazy so we braved the wind and rain and drove in to an open air hot water spa pool in rotorua. it was weird being in the hot water and being blasted from above by torrential rain ! good though. and on the way back we stopped a couple of times to drag fallen trees out of the road !
we drank wine from up near where we live in north auckland which was nice
but first we went for a walk down to the local wharf to take advantage of a brief lull in the storm
the storm came back over night even louder than the night before !