Being Valentine’s weekend granny was kind enough to offer to look after Emma so that Sharon and I could get away for a weekend of solitude. Since this opportunity presents itself so rarely we decided to kill several birds with one stone by organising a relaxing, hiking, romantic, fishing weekend away. As nonsensical as that …
For many years my wife’s watched my vibrant blue Fishcat Deluxe fade into something she deemed unworthy of floating on a dam. To right this wrong she gifted me with a brand new Xplorer Journey Deluxe for my birthday and Christmas presents. At first I was torn, not wanting to discard my still buoyant Fishcat, however …
Still one of our favourite game reserves, we once again decided to spend part of our Christmas break at either Hluhluwe or iMfolozi. Many of you will have read my multitude of blog entries on this venue (most of which take the form of trip reports) so I’ve decided to structure this one slightly differently, more in line …
During a recent trip to Cape Town we visited Nitida wine farm, Durbanville, for a quiet lunch with some friends and family. During the build up to our Cape visit we’d suggested that one of the activities we’d like to do was a lunch at a wine farm. Cassia was kind enough to put in the …
Some may say we’ve gotten a little soft since the departure of Nick and Tazz? But rather than admit that I’m going to blame our recent camping trip to Villa Spa on Sharon’s colleagues. Villa Spa is a 4 star campsite located at Illovo Beach, just outside of Amanzimtoti. There are several accommodation options ranging from chalets …
As we headed to Mac Nicol’s for Halloween I realised that 2015 had fast become the year of Bazley. Being my third post on this campsite for the year I’m not going to go into too much detail about the venue itself. It’s classed as a 4 star caravan park and, although I don’t know what that …
Since I primarily fly fish (and spend some amount of time mocking bait fishermen), I’m not going to spend too much time describing (or justifying) my bait fishing outing. Suffice to say it was a great day on the water despite tough conditions, mostly due to strong winds. Fishing was tough with only a handful …
With a four day weekend on the cards Sharon and I started looking for new campsites to visit with Emma. Funnily enough we made our final decision based on Emma’s passport. Having not been able to enter Lesotho earlier in the year when it was snowing we thought it was high time we braved the queues and …
We arrived at the Park Rynie (Scottburgh) Home Affairs at 7am where we joined an already long queue. Starting at 7:30am people were let into the building in batches, which meant that everyone else was left standing outside in the baking sun. Sharon and I took turns at sitting in the shade with Emma, while the …