myosteopractic | Diary of an Adventurous Retiree

We treated ourselves to dinner at Barracuda’s in Fish Hoek last night – highly recommended if ever you are in our neck of the woods. We had not wished our good friend Jeff for his birthday on the 26th so we popped in and spent an hour or so visiting with him and Annaline. Lovely to catch up with old friends.

This morning we were up early. We did some chores at home then went to have breakfast at Wimpy – cheap and the coffee is good.

This Mega Coffee will keep him going all day

We had some time before our myosteopractic treatments so we picked up some provisions at Pick ‘n Pay, met friends and chatted in the aisles – amazing how many people were avoiding the crowds due later in the day! And then – bliss – we both felt amazing after our treatments and so the disaster with the Caravelle was sort of a blessing in disguise!

There was no way that the Caravelle would be ready today so we left Sun Valley at 1 p.m. the worst of the traffic being between Fish Hoek and Muizenberg and got back to Struisbaai at quarter to four. We will try not to think of how much our repairs will cost and collect the vehicle early next week.

Meanwhile the family were coping quite well without us. I wondered whether they would do the early morning beach thing – and yes they did! Lauren took the pictures to prove it. Note the long shadows!

Josh and Shan ready for a swim.

They also decided to do the touristy thing – stand at the Southern Tip of Africa and climb to the top of the southern most lighthouse.

Southernmost Grandchildren

Simon was not in the mood for photographs – For a week now he’s put up with his granny snapping away and now when Mom tried it, he decided enough already! All she managed was a back view with the lighthouse in the background.

Si playing with the pebbles at the Southern Tip of Africa

Simon was a little nervous of climbing up the steep lighthouse ladder. But he wanted to do it and with his mom’s gentle encouragement he was proud to make it to the top! But it did mean she couldn’t take the photos while assisting him.

In front of the lighthouse

Wherever one finds oneself in the world one must not assume – Nobody knows me here. Jay had this experience today. He is presently spending a few days with his girlfriend and her parents at their holiday spot near De Hoop Nature Reserve. They decided to explore the Breede River area. This afternoon I received a text from my sister who has a house at Riverine on The River. ‘What are the chances’ read the caption. She and her family landed up at The Boathouse at exactly the same time as Jay was there!

Jay and Monet at Breede River

Tomorrow we will meet up with him and Monet’s family at Arniston. The kids are looking forward to exploring the cave!

We woke to howling winds again this morning but undaunted Lauren, Allan, Jay, Josh, Simon, Shannon and I ran from home to the beach and the Big B sign post. Allan thought it might be cold so insisted that his children don their windbreakers in spite of my telling him that they would warm up with the exercise – it was not cold – just windy! Jay and Josh raced ahead with me in their wake and the little ones doing their best to keep up. The parents left a little later and caught them up on the beach. Jay and Josh passed me on their way back from the Big B and I told them not to wait for me if they wanted to go back home with the others. When I got back to our usual starting point I could not resist a swim in spite of having no towel with me. The water was stunning but perhaps it’s not a good idea to swim alone – there wasn’t another soul in the sea. I was dumped by a wave but quickly recovered. Some people arrived for a walk with their dogs as I headed for the shower and asked if the water was cold. They were sorry not to have brought cossies – the wind had put them off! I was soon blown dry and put my socks, shoes and shorts back on and ran home.

Earl had not been idle at home. He’d Googled a place to take the car in for repairs to the alternator but the nearest place that could do it was in Somerset West – 2 hours toward home. So at 11:30 Earl drove the Caravelle and I followed in the Fortuner. We had to stop twice to charge the battery. All the electrical things like speedometer, indicators, automatic windows stopped working. It was quite a tense and scary ride and the journey took 40 minutes longer than it usually does.

After dropping the Caravelle at Phil West Volkswagen, we went to Somerset Mall, had lunch at Woolworths coffee shop, bought ourselves each a pair of new shorts and then drove home for the night. We will both have myosteopractic treatments with our ‘witch doctor’ tomorrow. His methods are unorthodox but boy does he get results! Hopefully the vehicle will be ready for collection tomorrow afternoon.

I am afraid that our holiday is somewhat interrupted – no photographs and nothing to report other than that Jay’s girlfriend came to visit and we met her parents just before leaving. Latest news is that he is now spending a couple of days with her at their holiday place near De Hoop and we will meet up with them when we take the kids to Arniston on Saturday. Oh joy – teenage romances are beginning!