Don't worry Ralph. If and when I come and meet you it will be in a Landrover Recovery Vehicle (LRV). Otherwise known as Landcruiser.
Ralph & Angela
Many thanks Simon and Lyn and Ken & Nancy for being great hosts in Cape Town over the last two weeks, promise it is the last visit for a year or two!
Heike, sorry we ran out of time for a visit but there is always too much to do in the Cape and we had less than 2 weeks. (I can hear you breathing a sigh of relief!)
Car behaved itself for 1 hour on way to Upington then water started pouring out under the engine. Much to our relief it was not the cooling system, just excessive condensation on the aircon thanks to the humid weather.
Didn't know it was this until visiting Landrover Upington this morning after an 836km drive yesterday from the Cape (thanks again Maruis and Magda, excellent service as ever and free!)
Busy cleaning the car and trailer (removing the remains of 18 months worth of nibbles from under Angela's seat) ready for Lesley and Bill's arrival on Wednesday.
At the moment we have no room in the car for them thanks to our over enthusiastic wine buying in the Cape, so we'll have to drink a few bottles to make room.
Bill & Lesley are with us for 6 weeks and we'll be crossing South Africa to the Kwa Zulu coast via the Drakensberg, finishing in Kruger and Blyde River Canyon.
First stop, the Kgalagadi Transfrontier park. Just hope we spot as much wildlife as we normally do...the pressure is on....
Ralph & Angela
Ralph & Angela
The noise in the Landrover turned out to be 2 broken engine mountings, the engine was scraping on the chassis as we turned corners.
The car is back with us now and we are nearly 300 pounds poorer!
Heading north tomorrow for a 900km trip back to Upington where we are looking forward to meeting Bill & Lesley, UK friends, who are daft enough to be joining us for a 6 week South African holiday.
Ralph & Angela
Ralph
Belated thanks to Dave, Gill & Rob, and Phil & Sue re the Christmas messages etc.
Pleased you can download the pictures Heike, if you need them in higher resolution let us know.
As for the Landrover, it is still not ready and they haven't found the worrying noise that we noticed in Simon'sTown driving uphill and cornering!
Keeping our fingers crossed..............
Ralph & Angela
Heike
Hi ! Have checked he photos - and yes - can copy them off your site . So THANK YOU so much. Will be adding them to my brochures and websites. Have fun ! And hope that the service hasn't totally bankrupted you.
Ciao Heike
Ralph
Hi All
Back in South Africa after fantastic time in Kalahari (flooded!) In the last week we've gone from rain, sand, dust, mud and heat to the relative cool of the Cape.
Will upload photos and blogs when we can.
Ralph & Angela
Dave
Come on Ralph,
That's enough messing around in the Kalahari with those bloody bushmen. We need the next episode of the epic blog now!
Laurens Van de Post - eat your heart out (except he's dead of course)
Marc & Paula
Hi guys!
Where are you? Been trying all over christmas to get you and Angela,on the Namibian phone number and the South African one but no luck.So heres wishing you a late Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year,hope everything is okay we are still in Dubai but we are arriving back in Joburg 12th january.Would love to catch up with you for a few beers.
See you soon,look after yourselves
Marc and Paula
Phil
Hi Guys
Hope you have a lovely christmas together, Henrry is as you can imagine very excited about tomorrow, so I think we are all in for an early start!
have a great chrimbo and New Year
All our Love
Phio Sue & a very excited Henry
Gill Pratt
Ralph and Angela,
Just to say from all of us Pratts here in Redlynch, have a Happy Christmas and a great New Year. Lovely photo of the two of you at NICE looking great!
Love Gill & Rob xxxxx
Ralph & Angela
Hi Michelle
Lovely to hear from you.
No urge yet to come back to work, rain and UK taxes! Hope all well at Access Plus, give my regards to everyone.
Have a good break and all the very best for 2008
Take care
Ralph
Michelle
Hi Both
Looks like you are both still having a fantastic time!....Like the fish Ralph!
Just a quick note to say have a very Happy Christmas and New Year!
Things are still manic @ AccessPlus but going well!
