It wasn’t much of a day yesterday for a drive up to Otaki, it was wild weather indeed. So much so that Robin deliberated about driving our more economical small car, and decided that the heavier 4WD would be more sensible in the wind and rain. We set off in bad driving conditions, with the local hills shrouded with rain clouds.
It’s rather wet out there
The rain was still around when we drove up the coast road. Kapiti Island was hard to see against the cloudy skies, but take our word for it, it’s hiding there somewhere. The waves came roaring ashore to break against the rocky coastline.
Kapiti Island in the clouds
We joined the other guests at Jan’s 70th Birthday lunch at “Traffic”, a very busy cafe/restaurant in the centre of Otaki. Our group had reserved tables in the back part of the cafe, and we all spent some time perusing the menu. After a bit of umming and ahhing, we finally decided. It was a stack of big meaty mushrooms, bacon and black pudding for me, and a large BLT with fries for him, just delicious.
Then it was back to Jan and John’s home for birthday cake, coffee, and bubbly. We were all impressed to learn that John had not only made the birthday cake (with a little supervision), but had also iced it himself. Good on you, John, guys can do anything these days!
The birthday cake – made by John
Jan and John are members of our SLG of friends, and as she was celebrating a major birthday, Yvonne presented Jan with our joint gift.
Yvonne passing over our SLG gift
The weather had cleared as we made 70km journey back home. But the respite didn’t last long. Luckily we were safely tucked up at home when the heavens opened again, we could hear the rain beat down on the roof, while the wind was howling. Thank goodness we weren’t driving home through all that!
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