No rush today. The road we travelled yesterday from Kaikoura
has already been closed today due to the torrential rain, so we felt we should
make it into Christchurch in reasonable time before the roads here get any
worse.
Straight to North South Holiday Park who were great and let
us check-in early meaning that we could empty the van directly into our
cabin. We then cleaned it out, topped up
the tank and headed back to Happy Campers to deliver our last camper. The girl signing us back seemed oblivious to
any of the issues we had with equipment early on but was not overly concerned
by any of it and we got our refund for the replacement camping stove.
The shuttle bus gave us a lift to the Lone Star bar… the
place we started our South Island trip two weeks ago! The rain continued to
pour and we started to notice that flights in and out of some NZ airports had been
cancelled due to the weather. The storm
appears to be hitting the country further south than first thought meaning that
Christchurch is due to get a larger volume of rain. They have announced a state of emergency here
due to the increased risk of flooding on the coast. There is nothing we can do except hope that
the worst has passed by tomorrow morning.
A colleague and friend from Essex is visiting his family
here and just happened to be landing in Christchurch this afternoon! We had arranged to meet him in the Lone Star
for a quick beer and catch up, though we were doubting he would be up for it
after the 27-hour journey. But, true to
his word, Tapps turned up about 230pm along with his sister, young nephew and
father. We had a good chin-wag for as
long as they dared, risking their journey home whilst roads were being closed
left, right and centre. Simon and I then
ordered some lunch before returning to the cabin to finish packing and try to
get some rest before a long journey tomorrow.
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