Very much jaded after last night’s fun and games.
We managed to get out Scootouring this lunchtime, and then had a hangover busting burger in Camp’s Bay, but it’s all catching up with me now. Early to bed this evening.
Still, worth a mention: amazing result for United against Blackburn, and look at this…
…for the moment, at least.
Had plans to blog all day, but then fell asleep this afternoon. No regrets: I needed it.
Now suddenly the guests are lit and the braai is here.
Or maybe I’ve had a few beers and it’s the other way around.
Chilly but beautiful morning. Much better than was forecast. A gentle 7km along the beach here, enjoying the fresh air and the wildlife.
The clouds have rolled in this afternoon, and with reports of rain in Cape Town already, we’re going to get the braai going early and then batten down the hatches for what looks like a wild night ahead.
…by choice.
It’s been ages since we’ve been down to Agulhas, and the cottage probably needs a good clean and check-up, and certainly deserves some more electricity. But this weekend looks very cold and wet, and Mrs 6000 likes warm and dry, so she will be staying home with the Boy Wonder and I will be taking our daughter down to the stormy seaside for a couple of days.
The beagle will be bedding down, sloth-like, here in Cape Town.
The first thing to be packed in the car was a big bag of fresh firewood, and burning that is something that I’m very much looking forward to. The second thing to be packed was a couple of bottles of decent red wine, and drinking that is also something that I’m very much looking forward to.
As is dodging between the showers and getting some South Atlantic sea air and exercise on the beach.
The drive down might be less pleasant, but it’s a means to an end, and the end will hopefully be quite fun.
More from there tomorrow.
Great news via Fin24 that the EU restrictions imposed on South African citrus exports last month have seemingly been overcome – at least temporarily. This means that most of the containers stuck at ports in the EU have now been released.
As I was informed by an insider from the local citrus business, this new legislation was simply put in place to protect give an unfair advantage to EU (Spanish) citrus farmers, anyway. And the SA citrus business is a kinda big deal, so it’s great that things have moved on from this wholly unnecessary impoundment.
Excellent, then. But this post still wouldn’t be happening were it not for one line in the press release from the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, who have, by all accounts, done a surprisingly spectacular job of negotiating this deal. And having achieved that, spokesperson Reggie Ncgobo then dropped this absolute belter of an adjective into his statement:
Sure, he could have gone with “productive”, “constructive”, “useful”, “beneficial”, “rewarding” or “worthwhile”, ALL OF WHICH WOULD HAVE WORKED JUST FINE but no. He’s not messed around with anything so disconnected from the subject of the consultation, and he’s hit us all with “fruitful” when describing their meeting. It’s funny, because the meeting was about fruit.
Boom! Mic drop!
Not since the Department of Basic Education told us that putting new equipment into school yards was more difficult than many people realised and “wasn’t child’s play” has there been such a witty, on-the-ball Government spokesperson. And that even includes Sputnik Ratau (crazy name, crazy guy).
Well done, Reggie.