Oh what an awful morning,
Oh what an awful day,
Weather has got us just feeling
That the rain is here to stay
You've heard of cats and dogs, this was cats, dogs, cows and sheep!
Really, really, miserable plus the fact that the roads were busy because it was a bank holiday weekend. So, even though we hadn't given anyone else permission to use our road everyone and their grandma were out for a jolly!
We had a 330km drive most of which was done in the rain with such low cloud our visibility was severely restricted. Just after we had stopped for lunch Steve was so fed up of driving with the crowds he turned off the main road following signs for a scenic tourist drive. The signs said follow the brown shields so follow them we did. First we came to the 'Visitor Centre' for an oil refinery, then did a tour of a new housing estate and finished by driving past lots of building plots for sale! It was either a good marketing ploy or the shields were there a long time before the houses, but an oil refinery?? You have to admit New Zealand has it all but this attraction rates pretty low on the extreme sports register.
Eventually we reached our destination and if the sun was out it would have painted a pretty picture but as it was we just had to use our imagination.
Oh what an awful day,
Weather has got us just feeling
That the rain is here to stay
You've heard of cats and dogs, this was cats, dogs, cows and sheep!
Really, really, miserable plus the fact that the roads were busy because it was a bank holiday weekend. So, even though we hadn't given anyone else permission to use our road everyone and their grandma were out for a jolly!
We had a 330km drive most of which was done in the rain with such low cloud our visibility was severely restricted. Just after we had stopped for lunch Steve was so fed up of driving with the crowds he turned off the main road following signs for a scenic tourist drive. The signs said follow the brown shields so follow them we did. First we came to the 'Visitor Centre' for an oil refinery, then did a tour of a new housing estate and finished by driving past lots of building plots for sale! It was either a good marketing ploy or the shields were there a long time before the houses, but an oil refinery?? You have to admit New Zealand has it all but this attraction rates pretty low on the extreme sports register.
Eventually we reached our destination and if the sun was out it would have painted a pretty picture but as it was we just had to use our imagination.
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