Travelling to Port Elizabeth? Would you like to contact me regarding an Addo Game Drive; hiking or cycling half day tour? I am a qualified and licenced tour guide for the Eastern Cape and would love to show you some of the Port Elizabeth activities.
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Riebeek Kasteel
Running with Nicky; New house in the valley; Meeting Chris and Estelle.
Introduction to VISI products; Probita; Rensa and Energi
Cycling with Chris and Gerald.
Morning running group -- Suzanne leaves for UK
Wednesday hiking group - Settlers park. And Cape Recife.
Knysna 21k Forest Marathon
Grahamstown to Coast -- G2C
Start working for Dole Fruit Export Company 15.7.2015
Barbara spends a weekend with Cathy and brings Mia home.
Nicky's wedding / engagement ring is stolen.
I spend a whole day doing tidying up of documents and certificates.
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| MY NEW PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT. I AM ON A CONTRACT FOR THE CITRUS SEASON WHICH ENDS 15TH OCTOBER AND WILL SEE WHAT TO DO THEREAFTER. |
Wednesday 1.7.2015: morning -- I am in Riebeek Kasteel with Nicky; her children and Werner and John.
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| LOCALLY THIS AREA IS KNOWN AS "THE VALLEY" OR "OUR VALLEY" |
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| THE HOUSE INTO WHICH NICKY AND WERNER WILL BE MOVING IN ABOUT A MONTH. |
THE CAR PORT WILL BE BUILT INTO AN ADDITIONAL STUDIO AND RUMPUS ROOM FOR BOTH WERNERR AND FOR CHILDREN.
THE THEATRE IS OPPOSITE WERNER'S HOUSE.
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| JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THE LAMP POST IS THE BOTHMA'S KLOOF PASS WHERE NICKY AND I RAN ON TUESDAY. |
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| A FAMILY EVENING OF PIZZA'S |
RED TIN ROOF -- JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM WHERE JOHN IS LIVING. JACQUES PAU AND SAM INTRODUCED THEMSELVES.
Nicky and I start the morning with a short run around the village. We have another look at the building that John is preparing for them to move into. They will be building at studio for Werner and a rumpus room for the children in the area designated as a car port. The house is a three bed; two bath and huge living area in the centre. John is in the process of building a theatre opposite the cottages. Here there will be an adult and a children's theatre.
Nicky and I have only walked since we arrived in the valley. Not once in two days have we had to get into a car.
Chris and Estelle come to the valley for the evening; they have spent the past 7 years creating this magnificent home complete with garden and vegetables, beautiful furniture and fittings and are now in the process of building an upstairs suite for themselves. They joined us for supper.
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| NICKY AND WERNER'S HOME -- THE COTTAGE ON THE FARM. THIS IS THE LAST TIME WE SEE THIS AS THEY WILL NOW BE MOVING TO RIEBEEK KASTEEL AT THE END OF JULY. |
Thursday morning. Lazing at home; breakfast and then drive to Nicky's farm cottage and then to Airport. Back home this afternoon. I am feeling stiff and sore.. Not sure why but my legs are aching.
Saturday 4th. \Beach front run with our wonderfully supportive group: Neil; Mike; Adrian; Anne; Adrienne; Andrea; Kelly; Joan; Lindie; Stefany; Suzanne who ran her last run with us before heading off to the UK on a one way ticket; Bev; Gerald; Pat;
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| THE SMALL GROUP WHO LIKE TO TAKE THE SLIGHTLY LONGER ROUTE PAST THE AIRPORT; NEIL; STEFANY AND JOAN |
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| OUR MORNING RUNNING GROUP FROM HOBIE BEACH. IT WILL BE SUZANNE GENDALL'S LAST SATURDAY RUN FOR SOME TIME AS SHE HEADS OFF TO THE UK NEXT FRIDAY. ANNE; ADRIENNE; JOAN; CHRIS; BEV; LINDIE; STEFANY; GERALD; MIKE AND PAT. MISSING FROM THE PIC -- NEIL; ANDREA; ADRIAN; KELLY. |
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| MY ONLY REALLY SUCCESSFUL VEGETABLE GARDEN COMES FROM SEEDLINGS AND WHEN PLANTED IN SOIL PURCHASED AT BUILDERS EXPRESS AND PLANTED IN FULL SUNLIGHT IN THE FRONT YARD. |
I am in the process of making a vegetable garden. The seeds that I planted have not really produced much at all. I purchased some seedlings and the ones that have done well are those that are in full sunlight and are planted in "bought soil". The real issue here is that there is no immediate tap available so I have to bring the hose around or water with a bucket.
Monday 6th. Morning 7k run down Mount Road and up past Collegiate.
Holiday club Registration
Received the first shipment of VISI products.
Party for Suzanne leaving for the UK on Friday at Adrienne's house. At the party: Chris and Elmarie; Anne; Marilyn; Liesl and Danielle; Andrea; Kelly; Gerald, Pat and Ronel; Stuart; Adrienne and Peter; Simon and Lindie; Stefany; Suzanne; Adele; Bev;
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| SUZANNE AND THE MEN ON THE GROUP. GERALD; STUART; SUZANNE; PETER AND CHRIS |
Tuesday 7th. Morning 7k run. Submit a CV to Dole -- to be their export clearing admin person for Port Elizabeth. Helping with registration at the Holiday Club at church.
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| TONY BOARDMAN SURVEYING IN PREPARATION FOR A PIPELINE TO KINGS BEACH. |
Chris; Gerald and I cycle to Recife. We find Tony Boardman on the route as he is surveying a future pipeline to take water from the Recife Effluent clean water to irrigate Kings Beach and Happy Valley.
Talk with Mike and Pearl with Terry this evening.
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| WEDNESDAY HIKE AT DODDS FARM WITH STEFANY; ADRIENNE AND SUSAN |
Wednesday 8th. Walk to Settlers Park with Adrienne and Stefany and then walk the Settlers Park trail with the Wednesday hiking group.
Thursday 9th.
Off to Plett with Julia.
Job interview with Laura Lishman and DOLE Export fresh produce company. I am sooooo excited as it appears that I will be appointed to be their local agent for the handling and processing of documentation; hand delivering to the various departments. The real bonus for me is that this is a job which I can do from home. There are no other staff members in the area except for Marilyn Bull who is their field rep / agent. It was Marilyn who introduced me to the company.
See Simon regarding the motorised bicycles.
Thursday evening in Plett with Julia; Patrick; St John and Thomas
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| DANIEL; JOSH AND JESSICA WITH THEIR COUSIN IN DURBAN |
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| SIDEWAYS PIC OF SIMON AAT G2C WITH THE BIKE WITH A MOTOR. |
Friday morning -- Walkabout the village with Thomas and their dog; Set my computer up with an internet dongle; Patrick leaves for De Rust where they will stay with friends.
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| START OF THE KNYSNA 21K WITH STEF AND JULIA |
Saturday 11th. Nicky was to meet us in Knysna but due to logistical problems that was not possible. So Julia and I leave for Knysna at 6am. Get onto Taxis at around 7am and are in good time for the start of the half at 8am. We both have a good run and meet up at the end. I drive home with Kelly and Michelle Mortimer and their friend Juliette. Time for me is 2.18.
Sunday 12th. Cycle Grahamstown to Coast with Chris. My time is 4 hours.
Tuesday 14th. Back to running in the morning. It is COLD and I wear three shirts. But nothing that a warm shower and hot coffee cannot cure. I spend the day trying to sell Raffle Tickets for the MH Giddy School fund. By the end of the day I have sold 20 @ R100. I also visit Simon and put the BUSHPIG bike on facebook in preparation for the Christmas in July sale on Saturday.
Today I receive an email from Laura at Dole appointing me as the Eastern Cape Administrator for the company. I am thrilled and will start immediately.
Wednesday 15th: Short early morning run First day contracted to work with Dole. I do a field trip with Marilyn to Patensie. We visit the Packhouse and marketing company. I have a tour through the packhouse where the manager - Frans - shows me around and I also have a bit of an idea what happens regarding the documentation and the various acronyms.
Thursday - 5k; Short morning run - Buy some stuff from Builders and Deon starts with the repairs to the roof of the outside buildings. Visit to the Fresh Produce Terminal (FPT) with Marilyn.
Friday morning: Janice Giddy (Brett) fetches me and Cherry. We meet Wayne and his group and head off to Queenstown. We all congregate at the Methodist Church where we meet a big gathering of Giddy boys and girls. It is the memorial service for Wayne, Steven and Craig;s dad, Michael. Michael was married to Cherry and they had these three boys. Mike then went on to four more marriages. He died due to a stabbing in what appears to be a Home Invasion. He was living in a simple cottage and appears to have been robbed and stabbed. The person who committed the crime was apprehended.
Wayne and Steven spoke (Craig is in New Zealand). We then adjourned for tea (and Whisky) and eats before the three of us left for PE. Janice drove the whole way and we arrived home at around 5pm. It was Cold in Queenstown. We saw snow on the mountains and heard on the wireless that some of the passes had been shut down.
Meanwhile Barbara had flown off to CT to visit Cathy for the weekend and Ally and her friend Kerry went to Jeffries bay ... Ron drove them there in my car while I was in Queenstown. Ally did a bit of partying and returned home on Saturday afternoon..
Saturday morning -- to the beach with Adrienne; Stefany and Lindie. On the run this morning was Adrienne; Annie; Neil; Ronel; Lindie; Stefany and myself. It was only Stef and I who did the airport route and back down 7th ave to the beach front. The West wind was quite strong so we had it into our face going out but the return was a Breeze.
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| OUR BOOK STALL AT THE CHRISTMAS IN JULY SALE. WE DID WELL AND CLEARED A HUGE PILE OF BOOKS. THE LOWER PRICED BOOKS DID NOT SELL. THE R10 BOOKS SOLD WELL AS THEY WERE MOSTLY A REAL BARGAIN. |
The rest of Saturday was at the Christmas in July Market at the church where I had a book sale. Jacqui Pullen and Adrienne Wilson had donated books and magazines Plus our own from home. It was a huge pile of books we had for sale at just R10 each. We did not manage to sell many of the R1 books but our sales value was around R1100 in the end. I was quite satisfied with this except we had to take a HUGE pile of books back home.
SUNDAY LOOKING THROUGH OLD PAPERS; CERTIFICATES AND PHOTOGRAPHS.
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| TREMAIN WESSON AND I FINISH THE FOOT OF AFRICA MARATHON. |
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| NICCI'S TRIATHLON RACE NUMBER. AT AGE ABOUT 13 NICKY INSPIRED THE REST OF US TO TAKE PART IN TRIATHLON. AT THAT TIME IT WAS SHANE; BRAD AND MYSELF WHO WENT TO GAMTOOS TO RUN A TRIATHLON. IT WAS OUR FIRST OF MANY. |
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| AT THE BACK OF NICCI'S TRIATHLON RACE NUMBER. 300M SWIM; 10KM CYCLE; 3KM RUN. COME STOKKIES LAST; WON TOWEL AND WALLET. |
Monday morning 20th.. I try to run in the morning but have a bit of knee pain so walk home. Barbara and Mia are back from Cape Town. Ally back to school. I have my first day of training at Dole with Andy. Deon has spent three days last week and this week fixing the roof both of the out buildings and of our main house. Today he fixes tiles, resetting them and sealing with bitumen. It has been raining a lot recently and we will be pleased to NOT have a leaking roof.
Tuesday; Day with Andy learning the ropes of the Dole Assignment.
Wednesday. Short run in the morning rain. Day with Andy again.
Thursday. Short run again. Pouring with rain. It has been raining All night and all morning. Everything is wet. Except our hallway which is normally wet but since Deon repaired the roof we have had no leaking in the hall or in Ally's room. today is my first day with Dole on my own. Finding my way around. Fun!
Friday morning. Chris sets up a run this morning as it appears that the weather is going to be wet the whole weekend.
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| MARSHALLING THE SA 21K CHAMPS - THIS IS THE 5K EVENT. |
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| PAT AND TINA -- I JOINED THEM AT THEIR STATION AS WE WATCHED THE 21K RUNNERS GO BY |
Sunday 26th. Another clear morning -- Stefany; Kelly and I take advantage of the clear sky with an 8k run this morning. Cold but at least it is not wet. I was due to run the Woodridge trail run but that was cancelled due to the heavy rains this past few days.
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| CHRIS AND I ENJOY OUR CYCLE FROM KINGS BEACH TO THE LIGHTHOUSE - 23K ROUND TRIP. |
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| I HAD RUN IN THE MORNING - STEFANY AND I HAD PUT SOME EFFORT INTO OUR RUN AND SO WAS QUITE TIRED THIS AFTERNOON ON THE CYCLE. |
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| TURN OFF FROM THE KIRKWOOD ROAD TO CHARLE'S FARM |
Wednesday -- No running. Drive to Kirkwood to collect 8 bags of Seville Oranges from Charles and Bianca Wooley. Meet their Daughter Marisa who was at school with Cathy. Daniel has rugby at Charlo. He plays well at Flyhalf - Daniel has a good couple of runs with the ball and takes down some of the opposing team with solid tackles. His team beats Charlo 43 - 0. Later Ally and I go to Pearson to watch the boys first team play Grey. It is a good game with excellent play on both sides. I sit with Peter and Adrienne Wilson. Matthew plays well. They are all off to Bloem this weekend for a festival of sport.
Thursday. Full 10k morning run with Andrea. Cycle with Chris and Gerald. Cold and windy so we cut short at Flat Rocks and cycled back into a strong west wind.
JACQUI AND TOM.
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