Saturday, 24 Dec 2011

It was a beautiful day when we left Arminel Lodge in Hogsback this morning. After several days of cold, wet and windy weather, the warm sunshine and blue sky was very welcome. We drove to Petersfield to see the house that my father built before heading for Zuurberg (Translated: Sour Mountain). As we drove away, one dog, barking furiously, started to chase George and was promptly joined by 4 or 5 others from around the neighbourhood. What a dog would do if it actually caught a vehicle is something that has always mystified me... Anyway, they made such a noise barking, that Lynne stuck her head out the window and barked back – that really confused them…Who was this other “female dog” in their territory?

As we have had no internet connectivity for the last couple of days, we stopped off in Grahamstown for coffee and an opportunity to update the daily blog.

We arrived at Zuurberg at 13h15 and managed to check in and unpack. Shortly after our arrival, Philip’s parents, brother, and sister with their respective family’s arrived.

Once we had all said our “hi’s and hello’s” we had a very welcome cup of tea and some of Lynne’s Christmas cake. The energetic took themselves off for a 4.4km walk into the forested valley near the hotel and the rest of us caught up with email, chatted or read a book.