Tag Archives: Cape Town

Not me

By 6000 | 6000 | January 17, 2010

In answer to the multitude of email that has arrived (1): no, this isn’t me. I find personalised number plates completely tacky. And I wouldn’t ever drive a Merc again after they dropped their sponsorship deal with 6000 miles… over that incident with the Latvian escort girl, the honey badger and the celery. So no, [...]

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Power cut

By 6000 | 6000 | January 13, 2010

Just a quick quota photo effort from me this evening. We had a power cut at work this afternoon which left all of us playing catch up – due to a fault at the Koeberg Switching Station, apparently. Someone evidently switched it off.   Add to that the oppressive heat (43°C when I left work), [...]

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Ashtray Electric’s Dark Bus Trip

By 6000 | 6000 | January 12, 2010

Here on 6000 miles… you know that we are always happy to promote the latest musical offerings from South Africa – especially for our overseas reader(s). To that end, please find below the video from Cape Town band Ashtray Electric for their single When Sex Becomes A Sport. Great song, wonderfully dark video. I’m getting elements [...]

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Sushi at The Square?

By 6000 | 6000 | January 2, 2010

Having eaten our way through through the entire sushi menu several times at Wasabi in Constantia Village – and being in the mood for some sushi – we were on the search for a different location with decent sushi in the Southern Suburbs for dinner this evening. Having been recently told to avoid the Cape [...]

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Half a world away…

By 6000 | 6000 | December 21, 2009

A couple of photos taken this morning. One of mine, taken in Cape Town, featuring my boy and False Bay: And one of my Dad’s, taken in Sheffield, featuring his back garden: And although for many it might seem to be a no-brainer, I’m actually struggling to decide where I would rather be right now…

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