We had been driving in pleasant sunshine and it was warming up nicely. However, now there was cloud hugging the hills and, as we climbed, we went into the cloud and the mizzle. As we went down the other side and towards the coast, things did not improve. We got to the Lakes Resort where we were due to play golf about 2 hours ahead of our tee time. It was raining well at that point and groups were pulling out. We went to check in to our accommodation and dump some gear. As we did, it rained even harder. The promise was that it should clear up. There was a vets tournament at the course on Monday morning, so deferring for an early start tomorrow was not an option. We, therefore, donned the waterproofs and went for it. The course is meant to look like this:
Our view was more like this:
There had not been rain here for some 3 weeks; today it was making up for it. The fairways were getting very wet but, give them their due, the greens stood up very well and were still fairly quick. We made it round (probably with those in the pro shop talking about the mad Brits on the course). The only moment of note relates to a piece of native New Zealand fauna - the tussock grass (example below).
In a moment of wrong pedal buggy driving, Ingrid managed to relocate a reasonably substantial example of this plant which required recovery from under the buggy and replacement - maybe they won't notice that the top is a bit flatter than it was!!
It is still raining and the cloud is closing in again - time for a glass of wine!!
From this end it is quite scary that we have only 3 more nights in New Zealand. Hope all at home are well or at least improving from Thursday night.
As a footnote, deferring to Monday would have not been a good plan - it has not stopped raining, 65mm in the last 24 hours, and the Lakes are now not limited to the water hazards!!
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