The weather wasn’t great today so we decided to travel straight from the B&B to the log cabin. We had a brief stop in Aberystwyth, but decided to give up walking around the harbour because of the rain. So instead we did the obligatory drive along the seafront! We picked up some shopping for the…
We were fed a good breakfast to keep us going for the day and then introduced Phoebe and Lexi to the two ponies and Dotty the sheep. The initial encounter not surprisingly involved a lot of barking and squealing from Lexi! However, after a few head butts from Dotty and the pet corrector spray can…
We finished work early and set off on the relatively short journey from Bredbury to Nant yr Onog B&B (Google street view, the B&B). We stopped en route for some tea and arrived just before 8pm to be greeted by Pat and Georgina. Dotty the sheep had already settled down for the night.
We arrived at Heathrow a few minutes early and took the long walk and bus transfer to terminal 2. We had to go through security again and bizarrely they had to open up the duty free to check the whisky that Ady had bought her dad. Our flight to Manchester left about half an hour…
Our last day. We packed up our stuff and went to the shop to pick up some fish spread for Chris. We headed over to Susan’s to drop off our left over food and to check in online. We then went to Muizenberg beach for a quick sand blasting, before giving up and sitting on…
We stopped off at the Rhodes Memorial. We then tried to go on the cable car up Table Mountain, but the queues were so long that we decided not to bother. Instead we went to Cape Castle and looked around there. The castle was started in 1666 by the Dutch and continued to be modified…
Merry Christmas! We spent a relaxing day with Geila who is a friend of James who is a friend of Sue. We had prawn cocktail, turkey, gammon, pigs in blankets and salad followed by Christmas pudding with brandy butter, custard and cream, chocolate mouse and ice cream. It rained most of the day so we…
We went to Hout Bay and bought a few bits from the markets before grabbing an early lunch. We took a boat trip out to seal island (Duiker island), where there are dozens of cape fur seals. The island has mostly young males, but there were also a few females with pups. The trip continued…
We had planned to go to Oudekraal beach, however on the way there it started raining so we parked up just south of Camps Bay and ate our picnic lunch in the car. We could see a number of seals on the rocks offshore. We spoke briefly to a couple from Bournemouth who parked next…
Ady drove us round the scenic Chapman’s Peak Drive, stopping at various points along the way to take photos. We carried on to Hout Bay and had lunch there from one of the little cafés selling the freshly caught fish. Snoek and chips times two! We watched the seals in the harbour. We had a…