cape agulhas – Page 5

I have learned nothing

Posted on July 6, 2025

The internet is back. It came back this morning, and it’s been here every since.

But I have learned nothing. I’m still leaving it late to drop a post in, even though the internet could disappear again at any moment.

And it might, because the weather locally has been quite… “exciting”.

The locals here are moaning about the state of the road out to the village, as if they are some special case that deserves to have their potholes filled and the municipality’s grader at their disposal immediately that there’s a bit of rain.

Especially the guy that EMPHASISES some of his WORDS in every message by using capitals somewhat RANDOMLY!!!

Honestly, it’s not that bad, especially when compared to the rest of the province.

[It was at this point that the internet connection completely disappeared – my deity, I’m such a muppet sometimes]

The cottage has been completely spring cleaned and we’re sitting in front of the fire and looking forward to some dinner.

And the internet is back so I’m uploading this RIGHT NOW!!!

On Edge

Posted on July 5, 2025

A last minute dot com trip down to Agulhas through some truly horrible driving conditions, in order to prep it for an upcoming visit later this month.

It’s been a while since we’ve been here and there are a few jobs that needed doing and lot of cleaning – neither of which could really wait any longer.

And so here we are.

But I’m on edge. Nervous because the internet here is slower than a blonde chick trying basic mathematics, and I’m worried that this post is going to be difficult to upload.

It’s late, it’s dark, it’s wet and the only road out of here towards better signal is full of mud and potholes.

You know I’ll still do it if I have to.

But there’s no 5G here. No 4G, LTE or even 3G, High Speed Downlink Packet Access (have I remembered that right?) (I’d look it up but I only have EDGE internet).

So is this text only blog post going to upload without troubling me to go out into the night?

Only one way to find out. But of course, you’ll not know the difference anyway.

Let’s give it a go.