With three months since my previous post, I once again discovered the difficulties of writing something which I felt may be of interest as I led what became for me, typical day to day life.
Unusual as it may sound to consider working on a mountain an uninteresting tale, rather I mean that as this was my third season I feel the stories I tell wouldn’t vary hugely from those of the past. The scenery still astounded me, I developed new beautiful relationships as well as continuing to strengthen those with people I’d met in previous years. Work did challenge me in new ways, as I trained staff and became problem solver particularly in the first couple of months.
There were those random but memorable events I will always hold dear. Buying my first car, driving to the shop (30 minutes away) and letting the battery die as I’d left the lights on; our log burner being peculiar to the point it even gushed smoke out with the door closed; and the snow coming down so heavily down to National Park Village that it was knee high in places, the power kept dropping out and people could even build igloos! Not forgetting the day we had to be evacuated from work after a blizzard hit before we could make our way down…
I celebrated yet another birthday, this time with a road trip. Having loaded up my roommate’s van with excited passengers, he drove us down for a couple of nights in the capital city. As always, Wellington did not disappoint. A mind blowing sunset on route, mouth watering coffee and food and surprisingly good weather!
I have since set foot on home soil, with the prime mission of donning a bridesmaid dress and ensuring my aunt married her, pretty wonderful, now husband. The rest of my two month visit being filled with as much quality time with all my loved ones as I can manage and delving into and appreciating the British country as I never previously have.
I can’t help but be a little astounded and disappointed at the cramped and littered feeling I have come across in so many places. However, after recovering from the initial shock of a life so different from the sparsely populated, laid back locations I have spent the majority of the past two and half years, I have come to discover that there is still beauty and hidden gems to be found in this quaint and ancient land.
