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A Bit Cool

Entry 789, on 2008-06-08 at 15:03:08 (Rating 1, Travel)

Yesterday I left Dunedin in sunny but cool conditions on a flight which was supposed to take me to Christchurch, then Auckland, then across the Pacific to San Francisco. As we landed at Christchurch airport the weather conditions didn't look too great. There was a lot of rain and a cold southerly.

So I transferred to my flight north and looked out the window of the 737 to see a lot of snow fluttering past! I though it didn't look too heavy and the cabin crew said we would just wait a while until it cleared. After another 15 minutes it didn't look like it would be clearing much. There was now 10 or 15 cm of snow on the wings. But the ever optimistic Air New Zealand crew said we would just wait a bit longer then we should be off.

But after an hour and a half the flight was cancelled. Apparently the flight to San Francisco from Auckland was also cancelled for some other reason, so I didn't really miss out on anything.

Well the conference starts tomorrow (New Zealand time) so I should still get there in time, but I have missed a trip down to the Napa Valley to try some wines, so that's a bit disappointing.

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