My last night in London

I spent Saturday night with Colleen and Steve and they drove me to Victoria Station at 7 am on Subday morning - can't ask for better friends than that! I also got to see Sanjay who has just arrived back from a 3 week holiday to Cape Town where he proposed to his other half. Also met up with Jessie for a drink - haven't seen her since her wedding and it was really great to catch up.

Colleen and Steve




Cousin Jessie




Sanjay



We went to see the Xmas lights in Oxford Street which were beautiful - definitely got us into the Xmas spirit.





I will miss London...

Final farewell from Volvo

Thanks to Henrik and Ingrid for the fantastic cake

Farewell Darling Feta

It's gutting to say goodbye to Feta. Thankfully, we have found a wonderful, friendly home for her and she's settling in well.

Watching lots of movies does have its uses after all !

Went pub quizzing last night (great fun) and I helped the team romp to a 10 out of 10 score on the movie section. I totally sucked at everything else though. That's probably because I spent too much time watching movies to read the news!!

Arborial silhouettes

I like the whisps of cloud across the sky. I'm finding that phography is opening my eyes to beauty that I'd not normally notice.

Pity the poor gardener at Brooklands Court

Beautiful Autumn leaves.

makes for nice photos though...

Sally's 21st at Llandadno Beach (Ally)

Ode to Cambridge

Spent Saturday afternoon rollerblading round the colleges taking some snaps. Cambridge is stunning at any time of the year, but it takes on a supreme quality in the Autumn with its gentle tones and the golden hues. Ah, I'm going to miss this place.

St John's College

Autumn colours

Trinity College

Claire's College

King's College

Autumn in Cambridge

Farewell to Willow Road

Well, we've sold Willow Road, our Cape Town house, and it's kind of like the closing of a chapter in our lives. Home from 1990 to 2000, the place is full of special memories.


Some Highlights

• Braais on the balcony
• The view from the balcony and the views of the mountain
• Living with a range of zany, wonderful housemates like Dain, Andre, Oliver, Ben, Eleda, Peter the plumber, Peter the paramedic, Shirly, Russel, Colleen and Rory
• Romancing Ally (including suprise Chinese dinner in my room)
• Sleeping out on the balcony
• Setting the house up with Ally in 1998 when we got back from overseas
• The walk in the mountain above the house
• Strolls to nearby Kirstenbosch
• Feta, the cat
• Pikiswe, our domestic helper (ah, those were the days!)
• Judge and Niki, Eleda's pugs
• Studying for university exams with Julian
• Summer holidays
• Some great parties including my 21st birthday party
• Some fantastic dinner parties
• A couple of family Xmases
• Watching South Africa win the 1994 world cup in the lounge (ecstacy).
• Watching South Africa losing to the Australians in the world cup cricket (run, Alan, run!)
• Lots and lots of cars outside and the dispair of the poor neighbours
• Gerald and the Edwards
• Silvia, my silver monza
• Waking up to the automatic irrigation system at 6 am in the morning
• The wild garden
• Walks up the hill at night to see the amazing views of the suburbs and check out other houses
• The chocabloc garage
• Furniture olympics

Dear Sally

Along with Geena, the most special dog in the world today.