Category Archives: positive thoughts

Spooked

By 6000 | 6000 | May 20, 2012

Dodging between hefty showers, and wrapped up rather warmly, we indulged Alex’s wish to take a walk around the Aguhas Ghost Trail. We had a great time in the hills above the village, but what I had thought would be a kilometre wander with the kids, turned into a 4.5km trail through dense bush, up [...]

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Ah luv Cayep Towan, Me.

By 6000 | 6000 | May 17, 2012

Rumours. Nothing but rumours at the moment. But if they happen to turn into genuine fact, then it seems that Newcastle United could be set to play in Cape Town this winter. Hence the hideous attempt at translating a Geordie accent into text in the title there. Previously, we’ve had Man U (who they?) and [...]

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Running Doula has ‘horizontal’ catchup with Aussie blogger

By 6000 | 6000 | May 11, 2012

The mother of all Freudian slips ensues as Running Doula “catches up” with old friend and Saffa/Aussie blogger Delboy in Melbourne. Always good to see someone managing to deal with apparent food-poisoning long enough to have fun with her friends. Please note Melinda’s (almost) immediate response to her error: “VERTICAL!! I meant vertical!”. Of course you did, love.

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Do not pass Go…

By 6000 | 6000 | May 10, 2012

I really enjoyed Jerm’s offering this morning and he has given me kind permission to share it with you on here: It really does feel that way at the moment. The sponge is being squeezed and there’s very little bathwater left to drip out. For us in Cape Town, the next nasty “surprise” is the [...]

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Se7en

By 6000 | 6000 | April 30, 2012

I never really understood the title of that film. But then, I don’t do films. But seriously, a 7 looks nothing like a V. Was the sequel to be called ei8ht? Because that doesn’t work either. Unless you drop the 8 below the line to make it look more like a g. WordPress doesn’t let [...]

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