We drove down to the cottage yesterday afternoon, for a few days R&R.
Before we set off, I did note that there was a bit of a fire just south of Bredasdorp, but we weren’t quite aware of what was coming.
Even from Caledon, we could see the fire burning about 60km away.
And the scenes in Bredasdorp were even more dramatic – but I can’t show you yet (see below) – before we drive within a few hundred metres of the blaze:
The problem is this. The internet cables through to (6000 miles from) civilisation run along this road, and they’ve been damaged.
So we’re running very low on bandwidth, and that’s why I’m writing this post last night (if you’re reading it today), just in case the damage gets worse.
Incidentally, the fire has now closed the road back to Cape Town as well, so I’m guessing that the power lines to us – which run along the side of that road – are in danger too.
Never a dull moment.
But maybe some dark ones.