Does exactly what it says on the tin.
Say what you like about beagles; they are very good at eating everything you own looking noble in photographs.
And that’s perfect when you’re running a bit short of time and there’s Champignons League footy on.
If this worked, it would be great…
The fact is, however, that only around 1% of all laboratory accidents result in the victim developing superpowers.
The other 99% end in horrible and debilitating infectious disease.
A quick family hike up from Silvermine to the Elephant’s Eye cave overlooking the Constantia valley and Cape Flats this morning. It was 7.5km of rocky paths and scrambles, together with almost 400m in ascent: hard work, but we enjoyed ourselves and the views were superb.
Sadly, we appear to have broken Colin, who needed to be carried the last few hundred metres, having lain down and refused to get back up again. Or was unable to. Whichever.
Colin is still asleep, three hours after we got back.
I’ll try and do a longer post on this sometime this week. Photos here.
Life with Colin has opened our eyes up to some of the sideroads off the R316 and R319.
Previously, these were places we sped past on the way to or from the cottage. Now we have to stop to allow the hound to urinate, and during that necessary process, I’ll take a photo of the surrounding countryside.
We’ve already visited roads to places like Oskop and Houtkloof. Today, we did the Jongensklip junction and while Colin squatted, I pointed (tastefully in the other direction) and shot.
There’s a Flickr “Dog Wee Stop Landscapes” group in there somewhere, but I’ll save both you and them from post jellyfish-eating vomit stop at Freesia and Main in Struisbaai yesterday afternoon.
Heading home today, so a quick QP of Sheffield for old times’ sake.
This isn’t today, of course. Today is cold and grey and miserable and wet. Fortunately, once I’m at Sheffield station, I don’t actually have to go outside again until I get back to Cape Town airport tomorrow, and the weather there is looking much better.
I’ll see you on the other side.