Not so Forgotten
Yesterday was an important day for one of my nephews so a party was in order and I needed to be there. Our weather has still not settled down much and the night before I was still tossing up on which horse to take. If the weather was bad then the Connie was going, but if it was ok then the Tenere was going to be the choice and a slight diversion planned for the return trip...
Well, it wasn't raining in the morning and it didn't look too bad so I settled on the Tenere and hit the road early. North of Wanganui I discovered that while it wasn't raining, it was certainly blowing. Luckily I managed to stick to the road and even got to the party early without having gotten wet...
Didn't manage to get any lollies though...While the party was in full swing the weather changed a bit and there were a few heavy downpours at times. I kept a bit of an eye on the weather and at around 3:30 decided to start my trip back and hope to dodge the rest of the rain...
In Stratford I fuelled up and then had to make a decision - head home the way I'd cme or stick to the plan and go for a pootle across the Forgotten Highway" Looking South it was fairly black, whereas looking East it was merely grey and threatening. I decided to chance it and go with the longer route across the FH.
After nearly getting clobbered by a twat in a Falcon in Stratford it was nice to get out of town and onto a fairly quiet road. My first stop was at the top of one o...
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