As you can see, Sally is in the beverages business. Zoe stayed longer than we thought she would and we were able to join in with enjoying the chocolate cheese cake being shared to celebrate the departure of one of the staff to maternity leave.
Having dropped Zoe back to child care we returned home to do a few jobs. The wind was getting stronger and the weather was deteriorating. As we sat eating lunch there was the most almighty metallic crashing sound. We rushed to the window thinking that something had blown off the house to see part of the roof of the park building opposite on the other side of the car park and another piece blow across, hitting the power cable, causing sparks and landing across the end of our drive. There was no disruption to the power.
We watched as the council workers on the park calmly did nothing. However, the foreman was soon on his mobile phone. We watched as the wind threatened to bring the corrugated metal sheet up to the drive and into the front of the hire car. No one would believe it if I saw two cars go to the body shop in one holiday. (By the way, Sally had her car back and it looks better than it did before the collision - even the rust had gone.)
In a short time a fire engine appeared and naturally started the proceedings by putting out cones.
As you can see the council work men had the wisdom to run a digger on to the sheets in the park to prevent further damage.
Once they got going the firemen and the workmen quickly got the bits of roof removed and tidied up.
No one was injured and, apart from the roof, no serious damage was done. The lady owner of the white car in the picture above returned to her car to find the scene of devastation, but was obviously relieved to see her car completely unscathed and was escorted off the scene by the firemen.
I checked with a fireman whether it was safe to leave and we set off to the local garden centre. The wind was getting more furious and the coast road was getting drenched by waves breaking on the sea wall.
We arrived at Palmers Garden Centre as it started to rain. The centre has a collection of brollies for customer use. (Great idea - UK garden centres take note.)
We collected the girls, had tea, spent some time on our own before rejoining Sally for another episode of 'Boston Legal' before going to bed with the wind howling and rain lashing down. Aucklanders were warned to keep off the roads between 7 am and 12 noon, but by morning it was calm so we took the girls to school and then went off to do some shopping in Newmarket and Slyvia Park.
We were pleased to find a letter from Jenny when we arrived back. (It was a little soggy -Please note the mail box. Papers are put in the round hole and letters through a slot in the box below. The box has a rear flap which blows about in the wind.)
The weather looks brighter and the wind has dropped.
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