Month: January 2023

Off to visit –

Back drops again of the mountains –

A very upmarket hotel and spa with fabulous looking accommodation –

Entrance –

Quick peek at the private library –

Lovely fountain –

Not sure what this is –

Glad the instructions for the private helipad were clear –

Then the chopper arrived –

Now moving on to –

More stunning views –

Interesting sculpture –

Close up –

Olive groves, olives and grapes looked fabulous –

Some interesting sculptures around –

Lunch –

And a fabulous gift shop –

Wine vats through glass –

And what look like radishes growing on a tree –

Then back for a swim.

Woke up this morning to find this little chap trying to get into the bedroom –

Then off to a nearby town of –

They used to have a vibrant outdoor Saturday market with lots of local stalls but COVID has reduced it to this –

A rather nice open health food market –

Selling beautiful lion fruit which are black and white inside –

you could get out and about on either the winery bus –

Or a little tuk-tuk

One or two interesting sculptures to be seen –

Saw this in a shop window – one way to die –

Then a couple of shots of their lovely Dutch architecture –

The most perfect box hedge I’ve ever seen –

Then onto –

A lovely winery for lunch –

Followed by a piece of cheesecake and melting ice cream –

Good day out.

One of those days –

So not a lot to photograph. But we did get our first sight of the fruit of the sausage tree!!!!!!!!

A novel way to collect golf balls from the lake – in full scuba diving gear –

And quite a haul –

A day out to the gardens of –

Scenery as usual was stunning –

Beautiful male sugar bird –

A couple of lovely plants –

Lunch of fish and chips and a chicken toasted sandwich – Lovely –

Bulbul at the water fountain-

Just been outside to pick passion fruit – a first.

Then off to –

And some interesting rules –

Gardens are lovely with a view of Table Mountain about 30 miles away.

And some very hungry carp –

Then onto Speir Winery –

Lovely Malachite Kingfisher –

And a very bright dragonfly –

More photos of Africa bead work –

These are made from used Nespresso lids –

Good use of used plastic bottles –

Then on the way back I photographed this zebra from the car –

Yes – it pours with rain here –

We drove into Cape Town past the shanty settlements which are something else. Note that most have some form of electricity to the and Dstv dishes ( like Sky ) and a few have access to portable toilets-

Then we visited the wonderful Waterfront Area including the Victoria and Albert shopping mall –

Then into a more traditional African market –

Then a stroll outside to see the boats, little train and the band had just started up –

A good day out and the weather only got better.

Today was another of those days –

A dead tree –

And a cactus plant on the course –

Out for a look at some birds ( and a tortoise ) –

Then we moved on to –

Then a little lunch of a couple of starters –

It is one of those days –

Lovely course –

Nice and warm –

A rally driving Gordon –

And few pictures of the wildlife –