Hermanus And Home

I was up at 7am. So were the kids, already out on their bikes and by 7:10am they were shouting outside everyone’s tent.
Fortunately except for getting hot in the night we both slept pretty well, except that some nob is obsessed with setting his car alarm and it went off four times. I don’t know who they think is going to steal it. First off everyone here came in a car and secondly you have to go through security and barriers to get in and out of this place.
Ellie was up at 7:30am and then we just chilled around camp until 10:30am.
All last night Ellie had been searching online for awning sides and thought that the ones in chequers outdoor store would fit, so just after 10:30am we headed 5 miles down the road, back to hermanus south and the chequers outdoor store. We spent ages measuring and remeasuring the awning sides and they weren’t the advertised size or the size they said on the packet so we gave up.
From chequers we drive back to the whale coast mall and to the outdoor warehouse where they had an awning side up and on display but it wouldn’t fit so in the end we just gave up and came home for lunch.
After lunch we took a long walk all the way down the memory walk and out onto the street following the coast. There were hundreds of people and cars. People were swimming, Kayaking and lots of people were also spear fishing in snorkel gear and wet suits off the beach.
We walked about a mile and a half until we came to a little beach cafe and we were going to buy ice creams but once we saw the milkshakes we changed our minds. Ellie had a passion fruit and I had chocolate. We drank them and walked back to the campsite along the road.
Back at camp Ellie went for a nap and once she was up I lit the Braai, probably a little early by South African standards lighting it at 4:30pm and eating at 6:30pm when everyonelse seemed to be lighting there’s at 6:30pm or even later. We just can’t eat that late.
After dinner we just chilled out at camp whilst it got dark and it rained lightly. I’m glad we set the tarp over the top, it has really helped. Everyone else is tipping water off of there awnings and it’s just flowing off of ours. Fort Hermanus has held up well.Weiterlesen