Monday 5th Feb saw a busy day of training for Neen and Bookings of accommodation for the next leg of our south african trip. We are heading off to drive down to Cape Town on the 12th. We went for a braai at Uncle Peter's daughter's house, Sarah, Rauri, Luke and Matthew. We had a very nice evening with lots of eating as usual!!! On the 6th we had a nice quiet day went for a short walk around Howick and then headed over the road for dinner to Jacqui's ...

The last few days have been extremely quiet which has been very nice as Barbs is still not feeling 100%. We have had an Italian visitor over to dinner at Uncle Peter's - very good looking man according to Jacqui Euge has been going well with the swimming he managed to swim 2km's on Friday in training for the race so he is well on target! Saturday 3rd Feb saw Jacqui and Barbs pop in to Debbi Le Roux's for afternoon drinks. Debbi has known Jacqui since...

The 31st saw a lazy day both Jaqui's parents not feeling to well. We are back staying with Jacqui's Uncle Peter and Anica and Neen is still in training for his swim across the Midmar dam. Only 10 days to go!! He is crazy. Jacqui whipped up a thai chicken curry for dinner which was lovely.

Saturday 20th saw us head off to the Mall for a bit of retail therapy. We were looking for a pair of shoes for Euge but managed to buy everything but!! It was a nice way to spend the morning even if you are on a budget! We headed off for dinner this evening with Jacqui's Uncle Peter and Anica, Tony and Adele Hesp and Avrylle Fox. We went to a restaurant in Howick called the Afton which is exceptional value. A three course meal costs R70 per person with choic...

19th January we headed off back to Howick to stay with Uncle Peter and Anica again. We came back to Howick via a few tourist spots - the place where Winston Churchill was captured and Fort Dunford in Escourt. We had a lovely lunch at a country house called Granny Mouse's. Its another traditional building and the setting was nice overlooking a valley and river. We had a nice braai on Friday night to top off our week away. We are now back in Howick for a week p...