The bumblebees are already up and flying and I was to be too- at least that was the plan. The fog/low cloud that's uncharacteristically shrouding the deep south might keep me on terra firma despite my appointment to helicopter the winding length of the Aparima River on a reconnaissance flight midmorning.
I can't grumble too much though - this moist and misty cover is a relief from the dry, hot conditions we've been experiencing for some time now. The news that river and ground water levels are at worryingly low levels already and the the projections indicate drought for the South, were on the front page today. We've been briefed in the Chamber on the potentials and the extent of the issue and so I'm not going to wish away clouds in the hope of getting off the ground today.
If it doesn't go ahead, I'll be heading into Venture Southland HQ to judge their gardening competition and I hear the honours have been fiercely contested!
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