Signed!

Yippee, we got tenants, a load off our minds, pity there is no champagne in the fridge. I suppose a Castle stout will do just as well. Now we need to know what furniture needs to be moved out and then we are A-4-away. The cleaning up of the workshop is going reasonably well if […]

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EuroTrip

Longmore

We thought it might be a good idea to do some mountainbiking this weekend so, like the good guys we are, we got a permit yesterday and loaded bikes into the car this morning and off we went, parked just on the other side of the Van Stadens river and chose to go up the

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Travel

Resumption

Today was toy time and running around time, no work was done. We kinda felt guilty not having cycled for a while, could not believe it when I downloaded the track that it was a whole 7 days ago that we were last on the bike, so we should have done a short trip but

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Travel

Maybe, maybe

No pics today, just happy to report that some more jobs bit the dust today, kitchen door fixed, cornices trimmed and put back, cover for cellar fitted, got micro sd for gps and got it to talk to Mapsource and to top it all Mariana phoned to say that tenants check is ok and they

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Travel

Catching up

A lot of water has gone under the bridge since the last post, it takes a lot of discipline to update a blog daily and very easy to put off when there are more relaxing activities, or should I say non-activities, to take care of. First my birthday last Monday, it was more like a

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Family

The end of tiling

At last a day without “outside” interference and also a night I actually slept through instead of my usual 3:00am tossing and turning so an ideal time to get stuck into the tiling job and get it done. Lots and lots of cutting, thankfully these tiles are much easier to cut than the bedroom tiles.

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DIY

Tiling

This week will be all about tiling and hopefully by the end of the week most of the work in the kitchen will be finished. Got up early to wave Angelique off on her way to Grahamstown in misty and drizzly conditions. Quick breakfast and hop on the bicycle for a quick 24 km spin.

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DIY

Cycling

All these hassles with the kitchen has played havoc with our training schedule, perhaps just as well because I think we were overdoing it just a little. Friday night I consulted windguru and the wind direction and strength seemed to be ideal to to the Marine Drive circuit clockwise, not our usual direction. And so

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Hiking