And... On Through The Storm To Kaikoura...

 It blew up during the night. The wind blew down branches

and howled through the big trees and the power lines. 

I stayed parked at Parnassus till mid-day, then got 

bored and thought I would brave the weather and drive slowly 

and carefully on to Kaikoura.

I didn't know till the next day that big trucks were

being blown off the road on the Rimutuka Road just north

of Wellington... Oh well ignorance is bliss - sometimes!

 This is where I stopped on the side of the road to have

lunch... I love this part of the coast of New Zealand...

It's one of my favourite places. I could spend hours watching

the water in all weathers.

 The familiar road tunnels... I have been travelling on

this road since a small child and I never fail to toot

the horn as I drive through! 

 Brighter sky on the horizon?

 And the 2nd lot of tunnels... they are so narrow and low but I think

if the big freight and transport trucks can get through unscathed...

So can I.

 The writhing sea and huge kelp that grows around

this coast...

 Yet another sharp bend in the road...

 South Bay in the distance... My destination...

Waves... And the wind blowing spume off the top of the waves...

I love it... But it was very windy and I was glad to be parked

for the night... At the NZMCA Park at the end of the

Kaikoura Race Course.