Blog Upgate – Cintsa 20 February 2013
Windy Cintsa beach
Our night last night was disturbed. Both the dogs were restless and John awake round 3ish, the brain working overtime with alleydocking, changing gears, handbrake up, check the intersection, blind spot, blind spot, mirror. Shew, so much to remember. His license date creeping closer and closer. We both seemed to also fight with the duvet. Round 6.30am we gave up and decided to head out early on our walk. It was quite overcast and windy, but we decided to brave it anyway. The dogs didn’t seem to be very enthusiastic today and I could understand why. The wind was whipping the sand across the beach, almost elevated, it was the most amazing sight, but it was stinging their eyes, ears and feet, so after about 2kms, we decided to turn back. This time, we didn’t come up the stairs, but ended up doing a little boulder hopping to the other side of the caravan park. We then made our way up the main tarred road back to base. By this time, the sky had turned blue and the sun was beginning to make an appearance. We had tried to wassup Nick from the beach as today is his ‘off’ day, we so wanted to chat to him and the kids.
Half drowned Dikkop
No luck, but later on we received a message from him so we sped off to the swimming pool area to have a chat and say good night to the grandkids. While chatting John noticed a bird of sorts flapping around in the swimming pool. After closer inspection he found it to be a dikkop (thicknee) chick. We fished it out with the pool net and laid it down to dry out. After chatting to Nick, John went to fetch some paper towel and my hairdryer to see if he could dry its wings a bit. Will tell you later whether it survived or not.
This afternoon John went off, armed with his video camera to interview Ralph, who is 92 years old and has lived at the Rendezvous Caravan Park, in his park home for more than 10 years. Ralph has become the manager of the park and assists Trevor (the owner) as Trevor has other business interests and is not always on hand to meet and greet guests when they arrive.
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Cintsa Beach Walk
It was another lazy Saturday afternoon in Cintsa. Tina was indulging in a siesta so I decided to take the dogs for a leisurely beach walk. One of the most appealing things about Cintsa is the pristine sandy beach that follows the curve of the bay for miles. Tina and I had noticed an astonishing […]
Did the Dikkop survive?
Hi Sylvia
It had disappeared from the spot where I left it the night before so I’d like to believe that it did. Looked like a drowned rat when I fished it out. Very sad and sorry for itself.
Has John passed his drivers test, and when do IOU intend leaving Cintsa?
Hello Steve, nope didn’t pass…apparently quite normal here in the EC, they like failing you a couple of times, so they can fill top up their Christmas boxes LOL. We are leaving Cintsa on the 20 March 2013, after John’s Mum goes back to Joburg. She is arriving today. How do you like our website and campervan cooking? How’s Che’.
Your website is cool , love the picture of the bullies , hope Johns lucky second time round, thank goodness you have time on your hands