Hikes with Corrine

Here we have the lovely Corrine, who I would make suffer by dragging her on arduous hikes around Cape Town. I'm just sorry I never got to take her caving! If she was single, I might well have decided to stay in SA, so I'm glad she isn't, as I would have hated to make that decision!

Sentinel view in Silvermine, the site of the oldest geocache in South Africa.

Silvermine dam.

Spring fynbos in Silvermine.

Spectacular indigenous forest in Myburgh's Waterfall Ravine.

Kloof Corner, and Lions Head

Admiring the view after a particularly tricky climb on Frodo's Journey

Heading into the Cracks of Doom on Right Face - Arrow Face Traverse

Crystal Pools

Corrine and Steve get naughty

Contemplating a giant leap into a tiny pool.

Celebrating the fact that we are still alive after being attacked by a baboon - lucky I had my pepper spray on me.

Corrine and Ryk Neethling (or is that Roland Shoeman?)

Dana (Donna?) finds her first geocache

Eagles nest looking into hout bay

The Cousins, Once Removed

I went down to Crowborough in Kent last weekend to visit my dear cousins, and what a lovely time was had by all, despite the rain all day Sunday!
Glad to see they still have such a wicked sense of humour!

Jody, Anthea and Ian
Missing is cousin Craig, the youngest ever public Airline Captain in Britain!

A nice old decaying wall while out on a stroll.

One Baaa'd ass dude!

See the yellow dot on the back of the one sheep? Apparently the males have a bag of ink strapped to their chest, so when a female gets a mark on the back, shes likely to have some babies, and the colour of the mark will show who the father is. I learned this reading Terry Pratchett books.

Aaaahhhh, sweet!!

The Dorset Arms, the local hostelry. Country pubs tend to close at 3Pm on Saturday, and open again at 6PM - scandalous!

Anthea is conducting a survey on the price variation on lime and soda, apparently the cheapest drink you can buy, and apparently, one doesn't normally get charged for the soda.

Ian is distraught about the decay of country life in Britain, with the local businesses struggling with the larger conglomeates, and the icons of country life, such as the local hostelry and garage, are under threat.

The big monster cat owned by the cousins. This one is called Tosh. His friend Mac has passed away a while back. Together they were Mac 'n Tosh

This darn cat wasn't very good at keeping still for the camera, so the pics are a bit blurry.

Holland Park

Holland Park in fact is not named after the country, but after Lord Holland.

Ladies Lounging on the Lawn

Shedding a tear

Lawn Party

Entrance to Japanese Gardens

Koi pond and falls.

It was here where I commented on the warm gloves of an elderly gentleman, who then gave he the whole story of how the Japanese Gardens were built, as he happened to be staying in the same flat as the Japanese builders, who would take him on site and explain how its all done.

The Leaning Japanese Lantern of Holland Park.

This giant tortoise had a giant sundial on his back, which didn't fit in the pic.

Not a great pick, but interesting story of the statue. He was a greek athlete (forget his name), who was super strong. In the sculpture, he is seen ripping apart a tree which was found with a wedge in it.

However, when he started to pull the trunk apart, the wedge fell out, and the tree snapped on his finders, trapping him and leaving him as prey for the wild beasties! Poor feller!

Holland Park is well know for its peacocks.