The Happy Labby Blog

Lovely and hot and sunny – 25C. 
It’s one of those days –

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Bad front nine and much better back nine –

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This is my ball up a tree –

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Views were perfect –

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Met this cheeky terrapin crossing a fairway –

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The smallest water lilies I have ever seen –

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Ok. That’s it for today. So lovely. xx🐾

Off to Strandfontein Sewer Works for some bird watching. Not a lot to see this time but the vista was lovely –

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Flamingos were nice as well with all the juveniles at the front –

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Then we went on to the beautiful gardens of –

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The very beautiful Strelitzia is in full bloom at this time of year – The bird of paradise flower –

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The gardens are renowned for their Spring flowering Proteas – the national flower of South Africa –

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These come in many shapes and colours –

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They make very good feeding stations for the orange breasted sunbird –

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And the Cape sugar bird –

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Here’s a little cape robinchat – 

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Another lovely flower –

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And to finish the day a view of the sunset from our lounge –

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Great day. Off to play –

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At –

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These Springboks were on the course with juveniles –

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The guy on the right is having a great time.  

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More staid adult –

This could be the Usain Bolt of the bird world – (Black Shouldered Kite)

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Our usual backdrop of lovely mountains and blue sky –

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A great warm day out. 

This says it all – 

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Cold, wet and windy. From our appartment in Camps Bay. Not a good day. 

Off to Paternoster on the coast. Cold and wet but different. 

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It’s an area renowned for its sea food and we found the mussel grave yard –

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Right on the rocks. Amazing. 

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Interesting sculpture outside a cafe –

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Then we went to the Noisy Oyster for lunch. Different –

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Interesting canopy –

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This is our version of the mussel graveyard. It was lovely –

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Last post for today from the cafe –

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Wow. The weather changes. Played 4 holes of golf and then we were soaked through. Back to the club house to dry out. 

This looks like the rain we had –

Met these Bonteboks on the course –

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And this little guy in the distance. Not sure what he is –

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Weaver bird’s nests –

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That’s about it for today except for this black shouldered kite –

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Oh no. More rain tomorrow. 

Off to the Postberg region of the West Coast National Park to see the flowers –

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They are about as difficult to photograph as trying to take an interesting photograph on a golf course but I have tried –

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The colours are so vibrant and considering this has been a year of poor rainfall –

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We were so lucky that the lady on reception said go and see them when the weather is good as it was soon to change. 

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Then we found this little chap – so tiny. Gordon thinks he is 2 years old-

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Good day out. 

Just had to post the early pictures as the whole blog froze. 

Coots on the water.

Off to see the flowers tomorrow. 

Drove up to Langebaan after breakfast. The countryside is much greener that we are used to in the summer and the roadsides are lined with flowers. 

We have an appartment on the golf estate –

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Very nice setting –

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And a very handsome Cape Weaver bird with his wife – 

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Glasgow airport. Up at 3.30am for flight to Kaapstad (Cape Town) via Amsterdam. KLM on the new Dreamliner. Only its second flight having come from America. How new is that!!!!!

The safety information was a series of pictures using the Delft pottery –

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Food wasn’t too bad either –

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Just love the little salt and pepper clogs!!!

Arrived at our B&B late only to find the man who managed it was from Zimbabwe and was a Manchester City supporter. A great end to a really good day !!!