More trains

This morning we woke to slightly better weather conditions. At least it wasn't raining at the time, but we knew it was a brief reprieve. We parked at the train station and caught the 9.30am to Wellington. The real pleasure of the day was to see our granddaughter Jembo and her boyfriend Marc. We were meeting for brunch at the station cafe although we had already had breakfast in the van earlier. We had a lovely time catching up with them both, but were particularly interested in Jembo's recent trip to Vietnam 🇻🇳. It is amazing what students can get up to these days. In my day, a trip into town would be all we could afford! Anyway, it was great to hear something of her highs and lows. Sadly she had afternoon classes and Marc had work, so our much anticipated get together had to draw to a close all too quickly 😢.
The Tour guide had on her bucket list another train journey. This time it was a trip on the Upper Hutt line. It took about 45mins each way. We wouldn't rush to do it again because the view from the carriage for most of the way was staring into people's back yards. The vast majority of these were in impoverished areas and so everything was showing signs of neglect.
Once back in Wellington it was another train back to our van in Mana. Although we were not bothered, rain was on and off all day.
We left for Levin because we absolutely had to call in to RJ's licorice factory as we had orders to fill! Following that stop we headed back to the FC site in Foxton. Driving north we were always headed towards what looked like sunshine 🌞, but it turned out to be a mirage 😏. Its been a great day and it is now time to get depressed watching 👀 the news 😀.Read more