The shops and streets were remarkably uncrowded this afternoon thanks it would seem to the windy weather having kept people at home.  Various bus diversions were in place because of fallen railings and one of my neighbours got an afternoon off because her employer feared a scaffolding collapse.  All reasonable enough.

But getting home and finding a message on my phone telling me that the Scottish Chamber Orchestra concert that I was due to go to this evening had been cancelled because of adverse weather conditions baffled me.  It wasn't an outdoor concert for goodness sake and I doubt that the Queen's Hall has been blown away.

I'm sure the Dunedin Wind Bank, that counts me amongst its members, is made of sterner stuff and that Saturday's concert will go ahead.  It's free as are the post concert refreshments so come along.