We’ve just finished a week up north with Buddie. The weather was warm, if a bit windy and we managed to get out on the kayak to go fishing.

We have now travelled south and are on the northern edge of Lake Rotorua, and since arriving here it hasn’t stopped raining. Well not so sure about yesterday as we went back to Hamilton for lunch.

Sitting outside at sister Jenny’s it was a warm 23° C and the sun was out. However on our return the closer we got to our house sit the more cloud there was in the sky and the lower the temperature became. So much so that when driving into the front yard the sky was completely grey and the temperature was down to 17° C.

Overnight I was awoken by torrential rain, which started to make me worry. I had recently read up about the lake and how it was formed along with a few other facts. The main one that was swirling around my brain at 2:00 in the morning was the fact that there is no outlets to the lake……With all this rain and all the water now entering the lake, how long will it take the water to reach our house…..

Perhaps I’ll find out when I get up in the morning…