Hard to believe it's 10 days since we arrived - not sure what happened to the time. It was great to arrive to our second home and find that everything was as we left it and having our new furniture delivered on the first morning certainly helped.
The social round started almost as soon as we had unpacked - a braai with Ally and Sue, Jim, Simon, Nick and Helen and a Polo brunch at Val de Vie meant that there wasn't much cooking required over the weekend. Good to catch up with these guys - its 6 or 7 years since we saw Jim and Simon but they were both in good form.
We'd been watching the loadshedding schedules before we arrived - 2 x 2hr power cuts each day - but luckily it was suspended a couple of days after we arrived and is still suspended - although there's always the threat that it could return any day. As a precaution, we are replacing the electric hob with a new Gas hob tomorrow.
We're back into our gym and yoga routine and had a yoga session in a brewery yesterday - followed of course by burger and beer (surprisingly, the vegan burgers were probably a better choice than the beef!).
Still a bit more shopping to do to prepare for our first guests - Ali and Neil - in a couple of weeks time but nothing too strenuous - biggest issue is getting the Braai chimney swept to remove the pigeons nest from the spring time. Thankfully the pigeons have moved on but they didnt take their nest with them,
Just when we were relaxing with a glass of wine on Friday evening and feeling quite pleased with our progress, we got a message to advise that the brush fire at DuToits Kloof Pass which had burned over 6000 hectares since Tuesday was being fanned by the very strong winds and heading over the mountain ridge in our direction. No immediate danger but ....
If we'd looked out the back windows we would have been able to see for ourselves......
Emergency bag packed with all those essential things and settle back to wait for news. Thankfully the fire moved away from us and was eventually brought under control around daylight with no loss of life or property - amazing job by the firefighting teams particularly when the helicopters were grounded by the strong winds.
Fire is still burning and we can see and smell the smoke but apparently they have it under control as long as the strong winds don't return.
The social round started almost as soon as we had unpacked - a braai with Ally and Sue, Jim, Simon, Nick and Helen and a Polo brunch at Val de Vie meant that there wasn't much cooking required over the weekend. Good to catch up with these guys - its 6 or 7 years since we saw Jim and Simon but they were both in good form.
We'd been watching the loadshedding schedules before we arrived - 2 x 2hr power cuts each day - but luckily it was suspended a couple of days after we arrived and is still suspended - although there's always the threat that it could return any day. As a precaution, we are replacing the electric hob with a new Gas hob tomorrow.
We're back into our gym and yoga routine and had a yoga session in a brewery yesterday - followed of course by burger and beer (surprisingly, the vegan burgers were probably a better choice than the beef!).
Still a bit more shopping to do to prepare for our first guests - Ali and Neil - in a couple of weeks time but nothing too strenuous - biggest issue is getting the Braai chimney swept to remove the pigeons nest from the spring time. Thankfully the pigeons have moved on but they didnt take their nest with them,
Just when we were relaxing with a glass of wine on Friday evening and feeling quite pleased with our progress, we got a message to advise that the brush fire at DuToits Kloof Pass which had burned over 6000 hectares since Tuesday was being fanned by the very strong winds and heading over the mountain ridge in our direction. No immediate danger but ....
If we'd looked out the back windows we would have been able to see for ourselves......
Emergency bag packed with all those essential things and settle back to wait for news. Thankfully the fire moved away from us and was eventually brought under control around daylight with no loss of life or property - amazing job by the firefighting teams particularly when the helicopters were grounded by the strong winds.
Fire is still burning and we can see and smell the smoke but apparently they have it under control as long as the strong winds don't return.
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