Category Archives: Beach

Highs and lows

Posted on June 22, 2019 by colonialist

I’m going to bed, and will forget About wrestling with a horrible internet; But my own praises quickly sing Re rising to the heights in gardening Then one-forty-nine steps went scrambling down With crab from the depths to play the … Continue reading →

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A Legacy of Idiocy

Posted on May 2, 2019 by colonialist

On our latest visit to the Royal Natal Yacht Club I was reminded of the steady conversion of the now hated legacy of Colonialism into a new legacy of foolhardiness, short-sightedness and ineptitude by the present regime.  The monument to … Continue reading →

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Origin

Posted on April 11, 2019 by colonialist

The Rhyme Prompt for Day 11 of GloPoWriMo reads: ‘we’d like to challenge you to write a poem of origin. Where are you from? Not just geographically, but emotionally, physically, spiritually?’ This makes me think of Knysna Heads where I … Continue reading →

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Filters with Sand

Posted on February 11, 2019 by colonialist

Today featured breakfast (with filter coffee) at our local surfing establishment near the beach, and then (after some tips from a friend on the wiring) a final completion of my sand filter installation. Neatening-up will follow later. Testing was interrupted … Continue reading →

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Disgusting Barbarism at Clifton Beach

Posted on December 29, 2018 by colonialist

                The recent descent into ignorant savagery by a group of protestors at Cape Town’s Clifton Beach must be condemned in strongest terms of disgust and outrage. It is still unclear what circumstances … Continue reading →

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Sea Here, Just Down the Hill from Home

Posted on October 14, 2018 by colonialist

After a cold and misera-bubble day yesterday, featuring damp descending with enthusiasm (filled the pool again), today had cheered up a bit. At least it didn’t have the chilly gale that rendered my morning swim yesterday rather unpleasant. Of course, … Continue reading →

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Oh I Do Like to See Beside the Seaside

Posted on August 31, 2018 by colonialist

I do love to stare into the pools, Though the creatures that live beside the seaside When looking up at us must think us fools! Oh, it’s luverly wand’ring at the seaside And especially at a low spring tide, And … Continue reading →

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A Monstr-house-ity Grows …

Posted on July 18, 2018 by colonialist

After all the pruning I did, there is an eddy-fuss growing on the edge of the slope designed to block out more of our view including a large chunk of what I cleared. It will probably obliterate another section of … Continue reading →

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Out Chopping for a TV, I Saw the View Open, then Sea Another Path

Posted on May 31, 2018 by colonialist

It started with the hard drive of Younger Daughter’s TV decoder up in the main house packing in. This meant that programmes could no longer be saved and stored for when she, the kids, and the two of us in … Continue reading →

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Step (or two) to the Beach

Posted on May 27, 2018 by colonialist

Today, to chase away cobwebs, we decided to take a stroll (sarcastic laugh) down the path to the beach we used from our first house on the Bluff, very many years ago, which was closer to the old Whaling Station. … Continue reading →

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