No whales, no ostriches, definitely no tortoises – must be heaven! We are staying at a upmarket B&B in Natures Valley, about 50 miles from Kynsna called Lily Pond. Its called Lily Pond – because there is are three ponds in the middle of the property, but that attracts frogs who croak all night – so still no peace. I know its upmarket as when you go for dinner, it’s a four course set menu and you get more knives and forks then I know what to do with. Evidently, you have to start outside and work inwards, and not allowed to use your fingers. Life was much easier when I just had a knife and fork to use, and they didn’t take it away after every plate. The food is ok, a bit posh nosh for me, I mean you get it all laid out fancy, waste of time if you ask me as it all goes down the same hole, laid out fancy or not.
I asked for poached egg, this morning, did it come with toast – no- a huge plate with one small anaemic poached egg in the middle, and a flower for decoration – but no toast! Had to go and make my own. The grounds are lovely, Linda has been for a walk, and taken some photo’s and you can see a small collection at http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/simon.werrett
We have been here for 2 nights, and probably eaten more then we have all holiday. We left Knysna on Tuesday, the sun was shining, and we went to Plettenberg Bay and I took my darling wife down to the beach, as she likes to go there, and we walked hand in hand on the sand, how romantic! Although it was no different, from Southend, apart from warmer. We then had a coffee at a café overlooking the beach, and we were able to sit there, admiring the view, looking into each others eyes – well I would have, it I hadn’t been more interested in reading my computer magazine. The latte was nice – not quite up to Starbucks standards, but not bad for a third world country.
We then found a shopping centre, and I said to Linda, oh that dress looks nice, thinking she wouldn’t like it, but she did, and so I ended up buying it, I shall keep my mouth shut in future, as it gets expensive when I open it. However, we did find a café where there was free internet, so I was able to update and check my email etc.
We then arrived at Lily Pond, and it was nice and warm so we sat on our patio area and enjoyed the views, weather and God’s creatures. On Wednesday, the weather changed, rain, rain and torrential rain. We went to Natures Valley beach, which was very picturesque (this was before the rain) and we could again walk on the beach and admire God’s creative handiwork. After this we went to Plett Bay, and I was able to sit in the café, and do some email etc, whilst Linda went shopping. She must have had an off day as she didn’t buy anything!
The rain has been consistent for the last eight hours, so everywhere is starting to get flooded, good thing our bed is off the ground! I was fast asleep, when about 3am Linda woke me up saying its flooding, wake up, I woke up, looked around for the water, and then she said ‘oh I must have been dreaming” It has been raining non stop for 24 hours, and it was still raining when I got up in the morning. We had breakfast, and then it was on our way again. It was slow progress, as we had to drive slowly because of the wets roads, and lack of visibility. We made it to Jeffreys Bay by about 12.30 and found a nice coffee shop right on the beach. It was a bit like being in Albania, an aga in the middle, with sand all around it, and you poured your own drinks. The structure was made of wood and it looked very basic – no lattes here. We then drove into Port Elizabeth, arriving just before 2pm. We have used the B&B before so it was easy to find, and we checked in and relaxed and it also had free internet – so I could do various updates. In the evening we went to the local chippie for a takeaway, although I had paella, but Linda had chips!
I have been busy downloading sermons from All Souls website for my Itouch – so we can listen to them in the car next week, as there is a lot of driving to be done in Namibia.