Oh wow, what a balmy evening we had tonight. Popped out to try and cool down a bit earlier and snapped a photo of the full moon with my phone. As I'm typing this now at 11:40 pm I am drying off after a light night swim. And I'm still hot. Tonight's full moon by the way is called the Full Wolf Moon. It's a name given to the full moon of January by the Native American people long ago…
Walking along the Fynbos Trail at Schoenmakerskop observing the devastation of the recent fires I just realised again how the little guys, like tortoises and snails, are the biggest victims.
2017 has kicked off and the ball is in the air with all the players jostling for places below trying to catch what the year is kicking their way. We ended off 2016 with two weeks camping in the Royal Natal National Park (RNNP) in the Drakensberg hence my little stretch of silence. I have so many pictures from the trip I'm working through and some of them really show off the beauty of that area very well which means…
In early December a huge fire swept through the bush on the Wildside in the Schoenmakerskop area. One of the specific spots effected by the fire was the Fynbos Trail that starts next to Sappershoek in Schoenies. I am the cache owner of the PE series of Geocaches that is located along the Fynbos Trail and last Friday Chaos Boy and I headed down to do the trail and some much needed maintenance replacing the caches damaged by the fire.The…
Life returning to the Fynbos Trail at Schoenmakerskop after the devastating fire of late 2016
We're usually home having a braai on a Saturday evening but today we headed to Baywest for some late afternoon shopping and dinner while Chaosboy went ice skating with a friend. The entertainment area and food court was buzzing all afternoon and got even busier as the sun went down with people (young and / or old) either going to the ice skate rink, movies or the restaurants.
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXkWK9u1lPU&w=500&h=400]The Port Elizabeth to East London Surfski Challenge takes place every two years and this year about 80 paddlers participated. This week's Video Friday post is one by Mark Roach showing a couple of highlights of the 2016 challenge.
This morning a quick Geocaching outing took me to a small park in Fernglen where I found an equally small monument located to the one side of the park. The monument stated:IN MEMORY OF JOHN PARKIN1787 - 1856LEADER OF A PARTY OF SETTLERSFROM DEVON TO SOUTH AFRICA IN 1820,AND PROMINENT IN THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF PORT ELIZABETHTHE SUBURBS IN THIS AREASTAND ON WHAT WAS ONCEJOHN PARKIN'S FARM OF 1421 H.A.WHICH HE ACQUIRED IN 1826.I never knew this little monument was here not…
Driving from Mount Pleasant to Seaview most people always seem to be in a hurry and fly down Seaview Road. I enjoy taking the slower more scenic option and drive along the Old and Upper Seaview roads. There are much better views from up there.
I have always thought that the view from the top of Melsetter Road on Lovemore Heights are one of the best panoramic views of the city. I passed through the suburb again yesterday and tried to take a photo to share with you. It's impossible to show the view properly by using the camera. Your eye just zoom in automatically and if you zoom in with the camera you loose the rest of the view. So for this one those…