New Blessings

As our holidays down in the Western Cape draws to an end I leave you this photograph of twilight over False Bay with the little villages of St James, Kalk Bay, Fish Hoek and Simon's Town and the Cape Peninsula in the background being attacked by fog. Although it is near the end of our holidays, it is the first day of this year and we look forward to this spanking New Year ahead. This is the year that Salted Lightly project will be born. With so much promising feedback on the idea, 2009 year of our Lord is the year of new blessings.

Naval Base

This morning went on a tour of the naval base at Simon's Town. Some of the ships in the today's photo are SAS Drakensberg A301, SAS Amatola F145, SAS Isandlwana F146, SAS Spioenkop F147, SAS Queen Modjadji I, two Daphne class submarines, some Minister FAC(M) without their missiles, some River Class coastal mine hunters, SAS Protea and RFA Black Rover A273. Afterwards we visited the Naval Museum were we bumped into an old friend from Durban, Rob. It was a surprise. Matthew braved the chilly waters of Fish Hoek in the afternoon. We had lekker snoek and chips from Kalk Bay for supper.

Christmas Eve

One day to go until we celebrate Jesus' birthday and it is still windy but the rain is gone. In the morning we explored Simon's Town, visiting the Museum and Historic buildings. The Naval Museum was closed so we hope to pop in next week again. After Simon's Town we went over the mountain along Red Hill to Kommetjie. In the afternoon Matthew and I hiked up to Elsies Peak to be awarded with stunning views of Kalk Bay, Fish Hoek, Glencairn and Simon's Town. Here is windswept Matthew at the top of Elsies Point with the Roman Rocks Lighthouse to his far right and Simon's Town to his left. In the mountains we met two grannies who were in their 70s and they said that they are in the mountains everyday. They had pruning shears and a saw with them to cut down alien plants. They had stopped at Elsies Point for some tea from a flask. They seem very fit. I think I am going to be stiff and sore tomorrow.