Skiing in Vermont Richard and I took the Friday off work and headed to Hermanus on the Thursday evening. His friends were going to be there from the Friday afternoon, so we thought we’d make the most of it and turn it into a long weekend. We found a great campsite right on the water [...]

On Saturday we went to Boulders Beach in Simons Town to check out the penguins. We chose a really beautiful morning to go and managed to get there before the crowds had hit and before the penguins headed for shelter from the hot sun. At the one side of the protected area is the penguin [...]

We headed off to the Cape Point Nature Reserve in the afternoon with Richard’s sister, Karen, and her friend Ryan. On arriving we had no idea that the park was so huge. In fact, we could have easily spent the whole day there looking at the historic sights and checking out the beaches. First off, [...]

This evening we headed down to Clifton 4th Beach for some volleyball with some of Richard’s friends from work. It was a lovely warm evening and the beach was pretty full. And as usual, a full beach and an empty sea. Compared to Wilderness sea, this was completely freezing! As the sun started to go [...]

A few weeks ago I got a call from my good friend Nena in Joburg. Mark, a friend of hers, had organised an Otter Trail trip and there were some places open. So Richard and I jumped at the idea and this week we got back from five awesome days outside. We got to George [...]