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Parting shot

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Given that IT’S THE MIDDLE OF BLOODY WINTER!!!!!1! here in Cape Town, we thought we’d take ourselves and the kids down to Camps Bay yesterday evening and enjoy some sundowners on the sand. A million (really? – Ed.) other people were also there, snapping away with their smartphones, because it was just that sort of beautiful evening which required instagramming, facebooking and twittering.

I refrained from doing any of those thing, but don’t think you’re going to get away without seeing some sunset action.

Here’s my last shot from my phone as we left the beach:

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And there are several more on the camera just itching to be downloaded and shared, but the camera has gone to a crocodile farm with the wife and kids today. So you’ll just have to be patient.

Still. At least you’ve got a nice view while you’re waiting.

UPDATE: Here are those photos.

Unfinished Business

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I have had literally no emails asking for a progress report on the lighthouse work at Cape Agulhas (see blog posts passim).

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Still, that’s not going to stop me and since Cape Agulhas Tourism attempted to update us on how things were going earlier and since I was passing just now, I thought I’d let you know that they appear to have finished the tower and it looks very smart.
The rest of the building (including the balcony around the actual light, as you can see) is still under repair. No-one seems to know what they’re actually doing or how long things are going to take, and the general feeling is just “watch this space”.

So… er… just watch this space, I guess.

Consider yourselves informed.

Stress Bye

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This photo makes Struisbaai look a whole lot more gloomy than it actually was this afternoon.

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But after the glorious weekend, things had gone a bit grey. The kids didn’t mind: a beach is a beach and they were immediately sandcastling happily. I looked on and was reminded of the monologue of that Daft Punk song:

Once you free your mind about a concept of harmony and music being correct, you can do whatever you want.

So, nobody told me what to do, and there was no preconception of what to do.

Same goes for me this week. The days will be spent doing whatever I like: watching the whales in the bay, chilling out with a good book, or taking the kids to a gloomy looking beach. I’ll be spending the nights in front of the fire with a nice Marlon and a cosy wife.

And if you don’t like it, that’s actually not my problem. 🙂