Buzzfeed quizzes aren’t really my thing, but this one, spotted on Facebook (obvs) was quite fun. If you are a fan of football (or more specifically, if you were a fan of Premier League football in the late ’90s) you might enjoy it too:
What? I’m not helping you.
I managed full marks, but there were a couple that I had to close my eyes and hope for the best.
How’s your Scandinavian Liverpool Central Defender Knowledge from 18 years ago? Let me know.
We’ve seen Cape Weavers on this blog before. Here, to be exact. That one was at Houw Hoek Inn, where we had stopped off for some brunch. This one is rebuilding for Summer 2015/16 down in Suiderstrand:
This guy was a whole lot less photogenic, but he was a whole lot busier, having just started on his new-build, which will take him about a week to complete. And when you’re a male Cape Weaver, quality is everything. How else are you to attract one of your UP TO SEVEN mates, if you don’t show off your beautifully constructed nest?
“Back to mine then? For a… coffee?
Yeah. Built this all myself, love.
And if you like the kidney-shaped, fully waterproof structure made of woven broad strips of grass, you’re going to love the mood lighting I’ve put in.”
*Barry White starts to play*
I’d imagine that things happen pretty much like that, anyway.
This one is just up the road from us (in fact, many of those woven broad strips of grass came from my back garden), so I’ll let you know how he gets on this season.
Yeah. It’s a British warship, but it’s named after a place on *that side* of the Pennines. Still, it was deemed worthy of a 21-gun salute from Signal Hill this morning (thus alarming thousands of unaware Capetonians who thought we were under attack and prompting a flurry of hits on this old post), and it might also be something you want to go and see on the public holiday and pseudo long weekend.
Hey. Great news. You can.
The ship will be open to the public on Heritage Day, 24 September. This will enable members of the public to board and view the ship. Visitors will be able to tour the upper deck, view the impressive weapon systems and see the new Wildcat Helicopter and her aircrew.
As with all these opportunities, you should probably expect long queues, but if you can get on board, you should probably expect quite a tour as well. Details are on that link above.
I have worked out that the Umhlanga (can you pronounce it correctly?) lighthouse is the most photographed in South Africa. That conclusion comes from looking for photos of various SA lighthouses on Flickr and the North Durban one being by far the most plentiful in the search window.
Yes, many lighthouses are iconic landmarks, but not all of them are quite so photogenic and convenient for a nearby conurbation. Joburg has no lighthouses. Cape Town has the Green Point lighthouse, but it’s more of a red and white Minecraft block than an actual tower. And Cape Town has so much more stuff to look at too. Cape Agulhas is certainly iconic, and geographically important, but it’s a long way from anywhere big. So in many ways, Umhlanga is the perfect balance of large local population, tower, and not too much other stuff to look at (don’t @ me).
I’ve never been to Griffiths Island in Victoria, Australia, nor do I have any desire to go there, but someone on Flickr did go there and they took this photograph:
Google tells me that Griffiths Island is near the legendary Port Fairy, where men are men and have ever such delicate wings. I don’t ever have to go there because someone went and took this beautiful image. I’m looking forward to test driving the new camera down at Agulhas this weekend, hopefully (in the nicest possible way) preventing anyone from having to go there ever again, as well.
I’m travelling again today, but I’m keeping it all planet earth…
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After all, anything else is a long, long way away…