Whether The Weather

                Whether the Weather (Anonymous)

Whether the weather be fine,

Or whether the weather be not,

Whether the weather be cold,

Or whether the weather be hot,

We'll weather the weather

Whatever the weather,

Whether we like it or not!

This post is literally about the weather. Or more to the point, how questionable weather forecasts can be at times.

For two weekends in a row we’ve been mislead by inaccurate forecasts. When we heard unsettled weather was ahead, we opted to stay home. And guess what? Both times, the weather turned out to be anything but unsettled. Both weekends were warm, settled and sunny.

When we woke, we were expecting to hear rain on the roof but surprisingly saw a gorgeous day unfolding. So we packed a lunch and took the bus away on a day trip. 

After several misleading weather reports we agreed not to let any future forecasts stop us from having a few days away. We agreed to ignore the forecast.

Last weekend was our first trial run. Bernie and I had three days off. We planned to leave Friday morning to spend a few days at Rarangi (Marlborough).

As Friday approached it seemed only natural to be curious about the weather ahead. What harm could a little look do? 
So we took a sneaky peek, and it turned out, rain was predicted for Saturday, followed by strong winds on Sunday.
What’s a bit of wind and rain? Whether the weather was sunny, cloudy, windy or raining we were going ...

Oh my goodness, how fickle are/were we? We abandoned our plan, we buckled! I've gotta put my hand up and admit it was mostly my fault we changed our minds, I was soooo keen to explore Rarangi and the surrounding area that I didn't want to rush around, trying to squeeze everything into the one day of (forecasted) fine weather. What if I missed something!

Sooo, we relented and rescheduled for another weekend.

And wouldn’t you know it …. The forecast was wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong! There was no rain! Nothing but sunshine, blue skies and a scattering of clouds later in the evening.

The closest we got to unsettled weather was a hint of rain on Saturday at sunset. Storm clouds gathered and we smugly congratulated ourselves on not wasting another weekend staying home. However those clouds were all show - absolutely nothing eventuated.

However not all was lost, we drove along the waterfront with a delicious, chocolate dipped ice-cream, and watched a huge cargo ship being skilfully manoeuvred through the cut.

So, from now on, whatever the forecast predicts, if we decide to go away, we'll stick to the plan and go!