Castle Larger. For those moments when a Castle Smaller simply isn’t enough.
As spotted at Black Oystercatcher Wines earlier today. I heartily recommend their Triton red: the larger the better.
Category: this is south africa
Unfinished Business
I have had literally no emails asking for a progress report on the lighthouse work at Cape Agulhas (see blog posts passim).
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.
Toto…
…I don’t think we’re in Africa anymore.
There’s something wrong with this, isn’t there?
Google Maps seems to have gone a bit Apple if it thinks that the Southernmost Tip of Africa is actually some distance into the ocean.
This could lead to all sorts of confusion with continents and countries claiming to be bigger than they actually are: North Korea Syndrome, I think it’s called.
Anyway, we were there yesterday (the Southernmost Tip, not North Korea):
…and we left with dry feet, so today’s lesson is not to believe everything that Google Maps tells you.
Stress Bye
This photo makes Struisbaai look a whole lot more gloomy than it actually was this afternoon.
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. 🙂
Stanford tranquility
Away staying with friends in the hills above Stanford on a beautiful yet chilly morning:
Strangely, I found myself paddling that canoe thing on that little dam, in my pj’s (such as they are) at about 9 o’clock this morning.
And why not?
Photos will follow upon return to (6000 miles from) civilisation.