Again, I'm writing this in October so cant remember details....we woke early and packed as we were driving to PE today. It is a 3 hour drive but decided to go via some national park (i forget the name). We filled up with petrol and headed off. We drove 1 hour to Cradock and stopped at one of Bronwyn's favorite cafes for some brunch. We sat outside in the sun and was very pleasant. We left no time and headed out into the vast nothing for over 100km before we start...

We had a very chilled out day. I enjoyed a nice hot bath and we ate a big lamb roast. I tried to make some suggestions about Everall making some money about Hofmeyr but none of them seemed to resonate! Aunty Marrion then left to house sit in town for a few days with her cat and 3 dogs and got a bit teary saying goodbye. Was lovely to have spent some time with her. We had a lazy afternoon where I tried and failed to blog. I played ball with the dogs and kick t...

We slept in until 10am and enjoyed a late breakfast of oats. Garth went into town with Everall to fix the water pipe for the shower whilst I had a lovely chat in the kitchen with Bron and Aunty Marrion. When the boys got back I enjoyed sitting in the sun in the garden. It's amazing how cold it is inside the house and how pleasant it is out in the sun! The 2 sheep dogs kept bringing a pine cone to my feet which I kicked and they chased! I read some of bron's cou...

I think I slept rather late and Garth got up before me. When I eventually go up, Bronwyn had made us a slap up huge feast of an English Breakfast which was a real treat! (although she told us not to expect that every morning!) I met Aunty Marian (Everall's Sister) who spent a long time tell me about herself - it was lovely to get to know her thought. She is the first relative I have met on the Taljaard side of the family. Everall insisted on running a...

We flew from London to Paris and boarded the biggest airplane I've EVER seen!! It was like 3 stories high! Because it was so big, my window seat had a curved wall which meant I could curl up into a ball and I got a bit of sleep despite my hate for overnight flights! We landed early morning in Johannesburg where we met Uncle Peter and his wife Aunty Pauline and family for lunch! It was great meeting them, and despite the obvious differences between Ivor ...