A very windy Camps Bay

We finished the day, that for me started at 6am and for Nicky and 35,000 feet, with a beer in a very windy Camps Bay.

First Mince Pie of the season

Before


After

This was Sunday evening

Sunday was grim

Yes, that's right, it rained today.

first thing i took a walk up Lions head to see if there was anything worth photographing, the cloud was rolling round the hills so i thought there might be some interesting things going on.










I guess this as about as close to public service broadcasting as graffiti can get - I didn't write this by the way even though I've lingered on dog poop in several other posts..

Then off for a bit of a drive along Chapmans Peak, which has finally reopened after it's extensive surgery over the winter.


Looking across to Hout Bay

I did take another walk up Lions Head for sunset, but my batteries dies and you'll have to wait for them to charge before i can upload the photos..

Saturday

With Nicky in the UK, I thought i'd have another board sports and driving round day. Taking in Muizenberg (too much wind for surfing), Fish Hoek (skating), Rondebosch bowl (more skating) and Table View (feet cooling).

Here's some pics.


Milnerton, Table View


This seemed to be a wreck of some kind, but who knows what of..


Sunset

Some Photos

This sums up how hot friday was.

Table Mountain and Lions Head

Billabong Wetsuits are the best.

I got the call we'd all been waiting for earlier this week - my wetsuit was back from the hospital. Well that's not strictly true, my wetsuit had been sent to the big place in the sky, Billabong decided to completely replace my old suit with a brand spanking new 2007 model - how awesome is that? I picked it up yesterday and I have to say it's super sweet. The new model seems to have been slightly redesigned and has lot's of extra reinforcement in the place it went bad on the old suit.

So thank you Billabong - here's some link love - www.billabongwetsuits.com/

And here's what I'll be wearing this weekend..

Sunday

First stop today was Century City. I initially wnt to pick up some new wheels but as it turned out nothing much was occurring. However, when I was in Mischief skate shop I overheard the 2 guys having a chat about a bowl. My ears pricked up, and with a little but of butting in I got some directions to a concrete bowl over in Rondebosch.

Turns out the directions were spot on, so thanks to the guys in Mischief - nice to speak to skaters when your in a skate shop.

And here it is:





It was pretty fun, and it's probably the best park in Cape Town, the coping is pretty crappy in places, but it's so much fun just pumping around.

It still amazes me the lack of info on skate spots here, particualrly the fact it's taken me over 6 months to find this place.

So for anyone else looking for spots, here it is on Extreme Sports Map




Next on the agenda was to go to Kirstenbosh for Love Jones, one of south africas indie/rock bands playing at the summer concerts. It was a pretty good gig, although a slightly mixed bag of tunes from their obvious hits, to some acoustic numbers in the middle to even a James and Corrs cover!

Saturday

With Nicky back in London for the week I've got to look after my own entertainment.

So, first off, a trip to Nordhoek for a walk along the beach.





Then off to Fish Hoek for a skate on the little home made park there. This park is probably the sketchiest park in the world but it's still fun.

I then spun over to Camps bay to cool the old feet off.