Yes, Spring is supposed to have sprung, and indeed it may be happily bouncing around the rest of South Africa, but the Cape coast remains distinctly wintery. A delectable cocktail of 13°C, strong winds and heavy showers is forecast for today after a hailstorm of note woke the family from its collective slumbers at 3:30 this morning.
Spring, it certainly ain’t.
Table Mountain was decidedly moody this morning as I paused to snap a couple of quick pics on the way to work. It refused to smile and turned its back on me. Grumpy bugger.
A measure of the rain that we have had over the past couple of days are the waterfalls coming off the top of the mountain. These are temporary affairs – usually only seen after prolonged heavy rain: it has been wet.
Accompanying the rain were some nice high winds, hence these pictures of the ship - a Turkish coal carrier - which broke anchor last night and was (and still is) beached at Blouberg.
And finally – desperate for something warmer and drier – a lovely summary (geddit?!?) of the Brandon Huntley saga from Jeremy Nell. Funny stuff.
EDIT: Since I had my camera to hand, I took this photo too. I quite like it.
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You’ve been here long enough to realise this is what happens every year surely?
Goblin > Every year that I’ve been here, yes.
Yeah I thought September is the coldest and sometimes most miserable month and when the snow creeps up on you. Snow!
.-= Po´s last blog ..Builders in the building. =-.
Thought you would have posted something about this by now: http://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/blog/2009/09/turkish-bulk-carrier-aground-at-blouberg/
… as it’s in your backyard and all
.-= Delboy´s last blog ..Book winner =-.
Po > There’s snow justification for it.
Delboy > Completely unspectacular. Very disappointing.
How awesome
i want to go there too 8->
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