Tag Archives: south africa

Our wine, your wine

By 6000 | 6000 | April 26, 2009

Living in South Africa has many advantages: the weather, the nice people, the lack of Gordon Brown, the amazing scenery and – especially for us folk down in the Western Cape – the easy access to some great wine. I know you can get South African wine in the UK as well, but let me [...]

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Good luck Pammie!

By 6000 | 6000 | April 3, 2009

While I’m not lazing in bed on Sunday, 6000 miles…regular and blogrollee, Ordinary Life (aka Pamie Jane), will be spending (she hopes) around 14½ hours swimming, cycling and running around and around the sleepy village of Port Elizabeth in the Ironman South Africa triathlon. For those of you who are wondering, that’s: 3.8km swim (through shark-infested [...]

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The Daily Mail quandary

By 6000 | 6000 | March 31, 2009

I remember being in the UK. Downing a coffee and heading out into the rain to work. Popping into the hospital newsagents in the morning and buying the paper. I generally stuck with The Times or The Telegraph. If it was Monday, I might get The Sun for the football news. I wouldn’t touch the Daily Mail, because I didn’t want to [...]

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SA Blog Awards Update

By 6000 | 6000 | March 21, 2009

Well, many thanks to both of you loyal readers who nominated me in the 2009 SA Blog Awards. Because of the time and effort you put in (4 clicks and an anti-spam code, I think it was) together with the large lump of cash that I sent through to Glenn Agliotti (no – he’s not [...]

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Visa woes

By 6000 | 6000 | February 10, 2009

Between them, the UK Government, the Department of Home Affairs in South Africa and the British Consulate in Pretoria have conspired against me. I’m not sure in what proportions the blame should be meted out, but I’m going to have a go. In more ways than one.  First off, the UK Government. For once, I think they [...]

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