simonmarkellis

New Train and Bus Timetables from Monday... trains will be running from Waikanae from the 21st Feb... I've now got to get up earlier to get into the office at the same time...

MOSO

Sorry Simon, we're in Waikanae and my OH is looking forward to Monday when we join civilisation and go from one train a day to one every half an hour Downside is he may be tempted to stay at work for longer rather than having to catch the one train home agin

simonmarkellis

Some you Win some you lose, might start getting the later train and have the extra 15 mins in bed!!!

simonmarkellis

apparently there was an earthquake about an hour ago.... Didn't feel it in the pub!!!!!

simonmarkellis

Wasn't a great first day of a new service for me! Trains were packed and not enough carriages, so i got in late... coming home, we left late and broke down just outside Paramata... BUGGER!!!

JohnThePom

I was lucky enough to get seats both ways, but got sent to the wrong platform in welly, boarded the wrong train. Was told to get off and then had to catch a different train from a different platform all under instructions from the station tannoy. All part of the charm of rail travel.

MOSO

Oh yes, Kiwirail seem as inefficient as Thameslink at times: OH went to the grand opening of Waikanae station on Saturday, was able to view a train not in service yet, purely to buy a season ticket for Monday - but they weren't able to sell him one until the service started on Sun

Anyway, he got a ticket yesterday, caught the 6.30am train this morning from Waikanae and the 6pm train home again. Kids went across town on their bikes to meet him. So, all in all a successful first day Let's hope the first day hitches you experienced are soon ironed out. Some airconditioning would have been useful too!

Mrbiker

Hi Guys.....

off topic a little as I don't think I'll be needing a train to work...

Just dropping by to say Hi to all you wellington folk as I'm on my way to join the windy city soon and thought I'd intro myself here...

Have a nice day and hope to catch some of you in said pub that keeps being talked about soon...

Mrbiker

I think the wind is only a small part of Wellington.... If there was a perfect place on earth, we'd all be living there..... try to think of the positives from a place, not the negatives...
Its the negatives that prob made you think about leaving the UK.....

Life is a trade off.. there is always a compromise, its just finding which ones you can cope with....
Wellignton is still a shed load warmer than the UK lol....

crap coffee

Thats right... As I get older I realize that more and more...

agree with all you said.

even marriage/having a partner is a trade off isn't it.. (personally don't want such a thing )

choice we made - anything - a trade off.

really... ? ... I think Welly weather is about same as London... because we feel cold most of time anyway because of the wind.. and the winter is,,, lol... its horrible. we just don't have snow here.. doesn't mean feel warmer than the uk,.... last year I wore a coat at home.

What I like about Welly is... can live without a car. and we can buy nice & cheap coffee here... if you go to a roaster.. I pay $3.80 for 100 g ground coffee and it lasts for a week.

and I like a small place like Welly as its convenient... you can walk anywhere or catch a bus..

Debbie2NZ

What more could a person want ?

simonmarkellis

Sounds like a good idea...

Mrbiker

I have been known to have one or two of these a year... best make the most of this one haha.....
Is there a usual hang out, and whats social life like out there.. ?

simonmarkellis

There's loads of good pubs at both ends of the City near Courtney Place and towards the station, outside of the city where i am everythings a little more centralised with the Sandbar in Mana along with Monteiths, but at least with the Sandbar they run a courtesy bus to get you home...

Mrbiker

Oh a bus to take us home... smart... am looking forward to meeting up to sample the beer.. I mean bus.... haha....