Some evocative shots showing the passing of time on several different levels, from an amazing auto graveyard outside Cape Town I had read about the Wijnlands Motor Museum on the web, and seen some shots of the cars, so on a recce last December to scope out Babylonstoren (needs a separate post…
Full-size photographs of the amazing scenery of the Wolfberg cracks and arch from our trip last November. The previous post covered Martin’s account of our exciting experience in the Wolfberg arch and cracks in the Cederberg park, South Africa. The nature of that post required in-line, smaller images, most of which were of…
Last November M*rt*n and I travelled to the Cederbergs – a spectacular mountain region several hundred km north of Cape Town for a hike to the Wolfberg Cracks and Arch. This is M*rtin’s story of our adventure (and it really was sort of an adventure!) The area known as “The Cederberg” starts about…
A final photo-essay from our trip last autumn. This time it is the elegiac ruined villas of Kep – a place of many surprises, including the provenance of these buildings. One of the things I had heard about Kep was the abandoned villas that were scattered through the area. They weren’t particularly apparent…
A few observations from the parallel world that is rural France. Including a literal example of snailmail, the age of the house, and our gorgeous new walls. The mail delivery service is one of the wonders of rural France. Every day the little yellow van delivers more useless brochures from French supermarkets, along with…
Magnificent eating in Rouen the other night – showing that at least in some quarters the French bedrock of technique and flair still exists…. I’ve mentioned before my sadness at the decline of French bourgeous restaurants – something that was the pride and hallmark of the nation in prior years. Kitchen quality and technique…
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