Getting back to Stellenbosch Mark invited his mates around for a braai at his new digs last night. Today Mark and I fly out of Cape Town to Dubai and the next day on to Athens and Bulgaria for snowboarding.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Round Trip to Cape Town in the planning
Flying has had to take a back seat this month as we plunge headlong through a busy period... first off the office recovery after the few days Christmas break, then the office New Year Party which kicks off on Friday night and with our PRO Bobby off sick, we have had to put it together ourselves. Then my son Mark's car got stolen and with Lynn's car in for repairs we were down to sharing 2 cars between 4. This Saturday I am off with Mark to get his car back to Cape Town for the new Varsity term, and Wednesday Mark and I fly off to Bulgaria to snowboard for a few days. Emirates cancelled one of their flights so we also get stuck in Dubai for 1 day arriving at 2am!
So our poor Sling Airplane "Red Rocket" is waiting for it's pilot. In the meantime though we are planning a trip to Cape Town, up the west coast and to Sutherland for the stars in April. Here's what our EasyPlan route is looking like. And our friend Marc in his yellow submarine will be joining. Wow. Going to be exciting.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
New Year a family affair
New Year started off with a braai at the guesthouse on New Year's Eve, followed by a full roast dinner on New Year's day with my mom and the kids and the afternoon with the Galway cousins at their Westbrooke Beach holiday home. The next day we flew off to Margate and San Lameer where Llewellyn's sister picked us up for morning breakfast on the beach and a lazy morning in the sea and around the pool. Awesome re-charge of batteries before I head off to work today.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
2011 in pics - January to December
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| 1st January 2011 - New Years Day lunch at home |
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| January - a quick trip up to Phuthaditjhaba and Witsieshoek top of the Berg |
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| January - Kate-Lynn flies out to Trondheim, Norway on a 3-month student exchange |
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| January - Mark returns to Cape Town for his 2nd-year engineering |
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| February - we visit Shisa farm and Mark for his 19th Birthday |
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| 7th February - Mark's 19th Birthday in Stellenbosch |
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| March - We do some renovations and decor changes at the Guesthouse |
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| March - Dave executes his first Notarial document as a Notary Public |
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| March - Dave runs a Consumer Protection Act Seminar at his Toti law office |
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| March - visiting Port Elizabeth for Llewellyn's SpecSavers Conference |
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| April - Vinnie and Erland from Norway visit Durban |
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| April - Kate-Lynn returns from her Norway exchange |
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| April - My friend Ralphs pays us a visit in Durban |
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| April - We visit Gold-Reef City, Johannesburg, with the kids |
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| May - the guesthouse is full with the annual Indaba Travel Show in Durban |
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| May - We go to Battlefields, Dundee, for the weekend and to view an RV we were considering buying.. scene of the Blood River battle and museum |
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| 21 May - Dave has his first flying lesson in a Foxbat at Light Flight Cato Ridge with instructor Brad |
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| June - Comrades Marathon in Durban.. cheering the runners on |
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| June - reminder of what not to do when flying an aeroplane. Wreckage of a Light Flight pilot killed with his dad on the day he got his licence. |
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| June - Mark returns for his Varsity Winter vacation |
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| June 19 - Father's Day lunch with my mom and kids |
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| June - first dual cross-country to Margate, Richmond, Ixopo and Cato Ridge |
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| June - Mc Naught and Co wins Best Legal Services award |
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| June - we visit Johannesburg Tedderfield Airfield to meet Mike Blyth of The Airplane Factory and see our Sling airplane in production |
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| 30 June - Dave's first Solo Flight |
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| July - we dress up for the July Handicap Races at Greyville Race Course |
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| July - the kids chilling and soaking up Durban's glorious winter sun |
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| July - on Mark's return to studies in Cape Town we pay him a visit and enjoy the Cape, the wines and the song.. |
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| July - Cape Town rocks! |
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| August - Llewellyn turns 41 and the twins 11 |
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| August - the Phoenix runs around just north of Durban |
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| August - Llewellyn organises a table at the Madame Zingara spectacular and dinner in Durban |
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| 24 August - Dave gets spoilt on his 53rd birthday |
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| 31 August - we jet off on Emirates from Durban to Jordan and Syria |
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| September - Amman, the capital of Jordan |
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| September - we met some awesome guys on our desert safari and enjoyed too many beers on the shores of the Red Sea |
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| September 15 - Dave takes delivery of our new Sling Airplane from James of The Airplane Factory in Johannesburg, flying up with Instructor Brad to fly the plane back to Durban together. |
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| September - Dave gets to fly this cute helicopter at Light Flight |
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| September - A welcome braai for the Sling - ZDL Red Rocket at Light Flight |
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| October - during the year we host several Couchsurfing guests at the Guesthouse |
Where did the year go....
Some more highlights of 2011 in pics ...
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| Dave floating in the Dead Sea on a Jordan and Syria trip Sept 2011 |
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| Incredible Petra Jordan Sept 2011 |
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| Coldplay Concert in Johannesburg with Brad, Kate, Llewellyn and cousin Josh October 2011 |
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| Taking delivery of the Red Rocket Sept 2011 and getting my wings at Light Flight |
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| Kate-Lynn gets her graduation results B.Ed degree as we fetch Mark's car in Cape Town and head back down the N2 to Durban November 2011 |
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| Stopping at uBuntu Backpackers Jeffreys Bay en route to Durban November 2011 |
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| Taking the kids for a flight in the Red Rocket ZDL December 2011 |
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| Kate-Lynn turns 23 and we have some fun around the COP17 Climate Change Conference in Durban on her birthday 8 December |
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| It's a Santa Sling as we fly around in good spirits December 2011 |
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| Christmas Day at home with the kids |
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| Boxing Day fly-in to Alverstone where Llewellyn's Dad and Karin joined the Galways |
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