Ōtautahi / Christchurch Daily Photo

It’s been a couple of wild days here. We’ve had gale force winds constantly and a lot of rain. I’ve not ventured far from home because of it, but today I really need to get some fresh air, so once the wind stopped I went for a walk down the road to have a look at Ferrymead park. Rather a lot of flooding here. There has been widespread flooding in the central city and suburbs that are near our two main rivers. Luckily there are not many house around this area. But others have not been so lucky and I feel so sorry for people with flooded homes.

The sun is now out so hopefully everyone can get some respite from the weather and start cleaning up. I’m looking forward to a good sleep – not one worrying about whether the trees will fall on top of the house!