Watersports

"From Northland to Taranaki, also the central plateau and Bay of Plenty
Squally showers, some heavy with thunderstorms and hail. Snow about the central plateau. Showers easing early tomorrow, and skies clearing east of Taupo. However, further rain tomorrow night."

Suddenly, the road is a waterlogged, sodden thing. Potholes have appeared seemingly from nowhere. The southerly wind has a keen edge to it, the culverts are running full.
It's that time of the year again. We really earn our money now. Clammy wet weather gear, mud, sodden cigarettes, and damp socks. Ah the joys of winter.
Still it is a good time for Poohsticks & variants thereof. Today in the rain, while clearing out kerb & channelling, I let a few golf balls free. (there are plenty to be had after the roadside mower goes past the local Golf Course.) As this was on a steep hill, miles from anywhere, my workmate, working a kilometre down the hill was rather puzzled. He put them in his truck. Of course I nicked them and did it again. I got away with this twice before he caught on! I should have blamed storks. On a steep grade a waterborne golfball can build up a really impressive speed.
Photo Moksha