The lounge

of the Lodge we are staying at! I could get used to this life! The meals are first class prepared by the chef, owner and his wife.
Today was a somewhat shocking day as I saw a helicopter crash near where we are staying. There was a bridal party on at the Resort further down the road and the bride and groom plus photographer when up in the helicopter to take photos. Unfortunately they were seriously injured and helicoptered over to Christchurch, I took a photo from a distance, cropped it and it was published on Stuff.
Thankful for:
No-one was killed!

[Islandgirl]

Beautiful lodge……..but sad news!

[Pat Knowles]

That would shake you up maggie… I read about it on Stuff. You are a proper reporter! So sad fir your wedding day to end like that…I hope they all improve very quickly with no nasty long lasting injuries.
It looks a very inviting room.

[Domenico Dodaro]

The lounge looks comfy! Recover from the shock, i would be knocked out!

[katy]

That must have been traumatic for you to see but good on you for the quick thinking to get a photo!

This lodge looks so inviting and your experience sounds very comfortable!

[Beryl Lloyd]

A lovely and inviting room - but the experience of seeing the crash must be quite upsetting for you Hope all will recover quickly without lasting damage !

[Phil Howcroft]

beautiful room, sorry about the crash

[Leslie]

Looks relaxing .... scary and what a way to start off married life. Hope they recover quickly and are able to tell their story to their future children and grand children.

[Mags]

Beautiful room! Yikes about the crash!

[Valerie Chesney]

Such a wonderful capture Maggiemae....so sad to hear of this terrible accident..

[Dawn]

Looks a lovely place and yes the helicopter accident very sad

[gloria jones]

Lovely setting...How tragic...I hope everyone makes it.

[Diana]

What a lovely room to relax in . So sad about the crash, hope you are not having sleepless nights.

[Babs]

What a cosy scene. Sad about the crash though, must have been quite traumatic for you. Good to hear nobody was killed though.

[Denise Wood]

I do love that lounge too :) But so sad about the helicopter crash - such a wedding disaster.

[Maggiemae]

@ludwigsdiana @onewing I’d have to say I will never forget that Thump!

[Maggiemae]

@seattlite the lady photographer had multiple injuries including spinal breaks!

[haskar]

Looks very comfy. Sorry about the crash.

[Maggiemae]

@happypat One of the people was the lady photographer with horrifying injuries..5 spinal fractures, 5 broken ribs, broken sternum and breaks in hands and feet! She will be a while recuperating!

[Dianne]

A lovely place to be staying. That’s so terrible about the helicopter accident. I’m praying they all recover.

[Harry J Benson]

A very comfortable looking place

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Oh wow- how not to spend your honeymoon! In the ER and hospital. Well at least you had a lovely place to retreat to. I'm glad to see there were no casualties.

[Delwyn Barnett]

So traumatic to actually see this!