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She’s gone away

The Queen Mary 2, which had only arrived 30 hours previously, left Cape Town this evening. Was it something we said? I caught a quick glimpse of her from the Waterfront after the football (which was brilliant, by the way) and then we watched her turning like a left back (you know who you are) [...]

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Quota sunset No.38

Mowing lawns, laying pavers, feeding worms, watching disappointing FA Cup football, ironing, braaiing and swimming. Tomorrow is going to bring a whole new world of pain. And thus, you’re getting this quota photo, taken at Llandudno last month. As the post title suggests, this isn’t the first time I’ve done this. It’s not bad though, is [...]

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Island of the Seven Mountains is displeased

See? This is a satellite image of the ‘Island of the Seven Mountains’ (right top) or more precisely in Russian: ‘having seven hills’, taken from The Guardian’s Satellite Eye on Earth series, and which features another 17 amazing pictures as well. As for the angry islands above: This uninhabited volcanic island is also an important [...]

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False Bay view

Some weeks there are too many pictures on this blog. But this hasn’t been one of those weeks and there are words everywhere. It’s time to remedy that situation. I grabbed this image from the upper slopes of the Groot Constantia Wine Estate on the evening that my boy was meeting Father Christmas and as [...]

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Gurufail

After this (from The Guru), came this (from The Guru): Except, apparently The Guru can’t read all that good – it actually starts at 2AM CAT on the 28th. Which now means that I’m not allowed to post tomorrow (this currently being today, the day before tomorrow), but I can now post today and schedule [...]

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