Autumn has arrived in the Cape and our warm(ish), wet winter can’t be far behind. Nestled deep in the Overberg, about thirty kilometres south of Franshhoek and within walking distance of Villiersdorp, Theewaterskloof Dam supplies a large percentage of Cape Town’s water and predictably at the end of a long dry summer, […]
I’ve made a couple of quick trips into Cape Town recently. Yesterday, I had an hour to kill, so wandered the streets with my now much loved Fuji X100T and added a few images to a small, but growing collection.
Not long after we first moved down to the Cape, one of our newly made acquaintances suggested a Monday lunch time get-together and braai for the locals who had both the time and interest. Great idea – I just knew moving here was the right thing to do. Initially, we gathered at motivator-in-chief, […]
“Oh shitting, sodding bollocks.” The big tip-up door into the workshop has been open all night. I can’t bear to think what’s gone walkabout. Full of angst, I enter, setting off the alarm as I do. Bike? Still there. Mrs P’s Audi? Still there. Electric screwdriver? Still there. Tools, […]
Not that you’ve necessarily been gagging to hear, but Tokyo was fantastic – easily one of the most interesting and worth visiting cities we’ve seen to date. If it wasn’t so far, we’d have booked a return visit already, perhaps supplanting our long-time favourite, Singapore. The delay in writing has been […]