A wonderfully busy day yesterday, cleaning the beaches of the island. Hard work, and bakkie loads of plastic waste removed, but we really didn’t even make a dent in the huge problem.
Still, on the plus side, there was this view:
Today, a walk around the island, learning about the history and nature of the place, and ending at the prison.
It promises to be another fun day.
A long run on the beach and a bit of tidying up the garden way down south cleared up my head after last night’s football and rugger drama – and that bottle of Saronsberg Shiraz.
Now showered, suited and booted – well, t-shirted, shortsed and flopsed – I spotted this guy in the kitchen window and decided to shoot him.
Not easy to get to with a sink in the way, a dirty window from last night’s wind and rain, and some iffy dark background to avoid. It’s not going to win any awards, but, meh – it’s an ok shot for ID purposes.
And I’m fairly sure that this is a Cape Needlenose Fly (Philoliche rostrata). Fine on a kitchen window, not so great on the back of your leg on the beach. Indeed, we’ve had to abandon trips and walks locally on a few occasions when there are a few of these guys around. Very painful bite. Would not recommend.
We’re back to just 6000 miles from civilisation… later today. Hold thumbs for very limited traffic, please.
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Pick n Pay Happy Hour??!!??
I thought that it was a bit of a gimmick, but there were a lot of signs in the local supermarket, so I updated my app, allowed notifications, and…
…then I forgot all about it.
But this morning: PING!
Happy Hour between 2pm and 3pm this afternoon. Get R250 off when you spend more than R500.
Seriously?
Well, there are two parts to this. Firstly, I needed some stuff from Pick n Pay anyway, and secondly, who turns down the chance of R250 off in this sort of economic climate? Or indeed in any economic climate?
The timing of the Happy Hour wasn’t ideal, but it was certainly doable, and so I thought I’d give it a go.
And… it worked:
R250 off, just for doing the shopping I was going to do anyway, but checking out at 2:06pm instead of a couple of hours earlier.
R250 is comfortably two meals for a family of 4. It’s 7.5kg of washing powder. It’s 10½ loaves of bread. It’s 14 litres of milk. Or slightly less of each of them if you share it about a bit, obviously.
I’m not sure how Pick n Pay gains from this, but for a family like us, who always have something on the shopping list, and usually have room in the freezer, this might actually be a bit of a gamechanger.
Add in the R115 of Smart Shopper points that I used, and that’s 46% off my R800 shop this afternoon.
That’s pretty amazing.
Note: This isn’t an ad. I’m fully transparent, and I tell you when I’m doing ads. But please share this post. Everyone needs all the help that they can get at the moment, and this offer is certainly helpful.
Here is a page with all of my internet details:
I know that it’s all a bit complicated with everyone wondering where to migrate to while the Loud Mouth Space Wanker kills what’s left of twitter, but this blog – and the page that I have linked to above – will remain, so that you can always find me.
You lucky, lucky people.
There’s no one clear alternative standing out at the moment, and thus everything is rather diluted, but I’m currently pinning my hopes on BlueSky, so that’s probably the best place to start from a social media POV.
That said, I’m only starting there today, so it’s going to take a while.
In the meantime, all the other links are also all completely valid and worth a look.
Ooh. This looks interesting.
Obviously, having had a few trips out to Robben Island (and with another in just a couple of weeks), I have met a lot of the teams from RIM and from SANCCOB out there, and the work they are doing – against some very challenging conditions – is amazing.
I’m motivated to pick up an extra few bags of plastic waste when I’m over there just to support them.
Just for a giggle, I clicked through on the ad and I actually fulfill literally all of the requirements for the position. Amazing.
Being pale in tone, that’s not always the case, but obviously being strongly penguin-related, this job is subject to Black & White Economic Empowerment regulations.