Postcards from heaven

People keep coming on here and referring to this big storm which swept through the Western Cape last week and should really have ruined our holiday. To be honest, I’m slightly embarrassed to admit that we kinda missed it, leaving us mildly bemused by all the talk of holiday wreckage.
Actually, Arniston was beautiful, sunny and lovely, as this Flickr set will surely testify. Oh sure, it rained and was a bit windy as we drove back to Cape Town, but it really didn’t seem anything too hectic. And it certainly wasn’t anything like the August storm.
So yes, we had a great break. Thanks for asking.

In fact, Friday dawned so beautifully that we felt an assault on the Lion’s Head would be “a good idea”. For those uninitiated in the ways of the Mother City, the Lion’s Head is the (only ever so) slightly smaller lump of rock on the right as you look at the big flat lump of rock.
There’s no cable car here – it’s a tough rocky scramble, scrambling up tough rocks, with your only reward the stunning 360° panoramic views across Table Mountain, Cape Town and the Atlantic Seaboard. It was a hot day and hard work, but at least there were no scorpions in our beds.
Although that was probably mainly due to the lack of beds rather than anything else.

    
More pictures on Flickr

Tomorrow, we head inland to Worcester and Goudini Spa, where we will relax, recover and rejuvenate in the more seasonable heatwave predicted towards the end of the week. Tough life, hey?

 

11 thoughts on “Postcards from heaven

  1. Oooo perty pictures. Glad you had a great time dillhole. Now get back to work so you can suffer with the rest of us.

    Goblin´s last blog post was: Aggravation #8 (Note: 6000 miles… is not responsible for the content of external internet sites)

  2. Goblin » Charming as ever. But no. I’m off for another week and a half.
    P.S. I would advise EVERYONE to click on Goblin’s Aggravation #8 post (link in comment above). Very cool. Slightly more worrying is the fact that she only started her aggravation series this morning and is already almost into double figures.

  3. Na aah, I started it last Friday, it’s the ten things list. Counting down man.

    I might make it longer than ten though…

    Goblin´s last blog post was: Aggravation #8 (Note: 6000 miles… is not responsible for the content of external internet sites)

  4. Ho hum. You’ve got some tumbleweeds moving in here. And there’s some spiderwebs too.

    Just saying.

    Goblin´s last blog post was: Aggravation #6 (Note: 6000 miles… is not responsible for the content of external internet sites)

  5. 6k, Cape Town truly is the most beautiful city on the planet. I do remember my time there most fondly.

    Arniston is beautiful, but most of the coast all the way to East London is worth visiting (apart from Plet).

    Henry Crun´s last blog post was: 40 Years of Economic Wilderness (Note: 6000 miles… is not responsible for the content of external internet sites)

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