Things have taken a distinctly cool turn here in Wellington in the last week or so.  We’ve had north-westerly and southerly gales and some rain.  Today has turned out bright and sunny after a damp start, but the rest of the week is supposed to be cool, windy and wettish.

At the end of last week we went for a drive over the Rimutaka Hill Road to the Wairarapa – mostly to order our guest bed – which is a fold out (in the US described as a Murphy bed) so I can maximise the space in the spare room for sewing etc when we don’t have guests.  But we spent a night in Martinborough and visited some of our favourite vineyards: Ata Rangi, Poppies and Martinborough.  And some good Pinot Noir came back over the hill with us.

Unfortunately, the weather was windy-north westerly winds strong enough that the Hill road was closed overnight.  Put paid to much photography but some pictures follow…in the next post.