Words you have either heard or
uttered yourself at some stage or another over the last few days, weeks, years.
Usually after the words comes the tirade about the government, BEE , service
delivery, state of the schools, roads, lack of sunshine etc etc. Have to admit
that while over the years i have defended the government my patients is
starting to wear just a little thin a how the ANC are Fking up the country and
still not accepting responsibility for it. In the 80’s they promised to make ZA
ungovernable who would have thought they would have got it right while actually
running the country themselves...........................Get your act together
assholes. And stop blaming the whites, rinderpestt, global warming and Verwoerd
for all yoru shortcomings otherwise our currency will be worth shit in a few
years time.
2 weeks ago I was in a “town
called Clarens” for its 100th birthday celebrations have been real
lethargic in writing what i felt about the trip, which is perhaps good as i had
time to mull over the time spent in what was once “my village”
Well the trip to Clarens was wet
to start with as it rained all the way from PE to Aliwal North (and then
continued to rain in PE until we got back) I then played “pothole” between Rouxville and Ladybrand with me
reaching level 9 between Hobhouse and Ladybrand, in fact at one stage i
contemplated driving in the veld (field or dale for those non South African
readers) as i am sure it would have been a smoother ride.
Basically Clarens was a blur of
drink eat and sell books, with a few highlights thrown in between and in no
particular order.
1. Clarens Blonde
S. Seeing Mark Natalie and Stephan
3. Friends
4. Clarens Blonde
5. Being interviewd on radio OFM (while drinking a blonde)
6. Clarens Blonde
7. Beer Bombs
8. Selling enough books to pay for the trip
9. Seeing Dave and Barbara Green (was awesome to see them)
1 . Meeting Meatbombs Fiance Shelly.
1 . Clarens Blonde
1 . Beer bombs
1 . Seeing Jeanelle, Di and Kelvin
1 . More Clarens Blonde and Beer Bombs
Must say was disappointed that we
did not see so many of the locals that we had been friends with over the years
or those that we did see didn’t really make the effort to
chat................oh well i suppose that’s what happens when you have not
been around for a couple of years, but have to say that i don’t think there is
a sense of community in the village like there was before. The trip back was ok
and came via Craddock as a large section of theN2 between Grahamstown and PE
just did a “David Copperfield” and disappeared.
The rains really caused Havoc in
this part of the world, especially along the coastal road between PE and East
London, probably adding another 100kms and 2 hours to the journey. I have not
been to EL for a month now and don’t forsee going to next year. Probably going
to Mossel bay on Wednesday for a couple of days.3rd avenue dip , the
route i take to work is also closed at the moment ue to damage from the flood
waters, i am still using it as the scooter can get passed the humps and bumps,
but had to take the car to work on Friday and took 1 hour to get the 6.5 kms to
work.............now i know why i ride a scooter.
Still gyming, in fact just got
back from torturing myself this morning,
while its hard (especially at this advanced age) i do enjoy it.
Gabby has a new horse that she is
riding, its called Beau and is a Friesland, she s chuffed because she gets to
ride her motorbike to go and ride. Must say she is a good rider (horse and
motorbike)
I am suffering from PMS (parked
motorbike syndrome) Triumph has been out of action for over a month but hopefully soon she will be
ready to take on a long ride. Really miss being able to get on the bike and go
for a long fast ride. Been watching the latest season of Sons of
Anarchy.......great series and if you have never watched it do yourself a
favour and grab seasons 1-4 and you will get hooked.
Weather is lekker today so looks
like we will hook up with Rob and go for a beach walk at Schoonies and then
have a beer or two to quench the thirst afterwards.
Well that’s it for this week,
know i have been remiss in not writing for a while but I have been busy and at
this time of the year really mentally tired, I have also been writing to
chapters fpr a book that will be published in Portugal within the next year ,
one on Daniel Roxo and another i have been asked to write about a Alves Cardoso
and a special forces unit called the Flecha’s (arrows) that operated in Angola
and Mozambique..............very excited about that as the gent assisting with
information has taken myself and my good friend in Portugal “Luiz” intro his
confidence and is assisting however he can, so it will be the first time most
of the info that I am writing about will be published.
Ok well have a great week, thanks
for continuing to read the intermittent Blogs and don’t forget Xmas is just
around the corner. And i have found my
xmas present , its a 2 book history of 32 Battalion and costs a mere , drum
roll please................................R850. Dear Santa i have
.........
Ciao
SPAD
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