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Piers and Lin du Pré bought their new Fleming 55 / 129, Play d'eau, in 2003.She was berthed in Beaucette Marina, Guernsey in the Channel Islands at N49° 30’.197 W002° 30’.350 until she was sold in October 2021. This site charts the thrilling adventures they had in her. You can contact us here. |
Well, we’re homeward bound. After a magnificent and glorious three weeks in South Africa, we have travelled from Cape Town to Durban to Amsterdam and will shortly leave for Guernsey. Having taken afternoon tea at Cape Town’s Mount Nelson Hotel (as a chap and chapess do), we stayed at the Granny Mouse Country Lodge some 90 minutes west of Durban for one night before catching an Emirates flight to Amsterdam … Continue reading Homeward bound 
As our visit to South Africa draws to a close, here are pics of the various animals we saw whilst on our journeys. In the next posts we’ll showcase the vivid colours of the flowering plants we’ve found and finally, a summary of our whole magnificent tour … Continue reading Animal life 
A picture postcard story of the wedding preparations. The wedding venue, Acacia. A beautiful thatched, wooden barn with a large decking area overlooking a waterhole, 150m away. The sun was bright and strong. … Continue reading Wedding preparations 
The day had arrived. The day Toby and Amy were to wed. The Tala Private Game Reserve was the chosen wedding venue with its 3,000 hectares in KwaZulu-Natal, between Durban and Pietermaritzburg. Its various single story accommodation lodges are scattered around the reserve with a central main reception and restaurant complex. There’s no tarmac here, just rough dirt tracks. … Continue reading The wedding – 19 April 2014 
Only three more sleeps until we see Toby and Amy again, and two extra until the wedding – excitement is growing! Yet again, clear blue skies ruled the start of the day and the 37C temperature and low humidity was simply delightful. … Continue reading Oudtshoorn to Plettenberg Bay 
After our two nights at the Rosendal Winery, the drive to Altes Landhaus (Schoemanschoek, Oudtshoorn) was greater in distance and greater in beauty if the latter was at all possible. The enormity of the endless, dry, arid mountain ranges, the range of colours, the ostriches, baboons and other animals we couldn’t identify, was captivating. … Continue reading Rosendal to Oudtshoorn 
We drove the three hour journey across mountains, through gorges and along tightly circuitous passes in our Avis hire car to the gorgeous Rosendal Winery, a tiny eight room ‘boutique’ hotel in the middle of nowhere between Roberston and Ashton. Although it’s Autumn, we’ve had the most wonderful weather since we arrived. It’s been in the mid-thirties centigrade with cloudless blue skies and gentle breezes to keep us cool. … Continue reading Rosendal 
We had no idea how much today’s tour of a township, District 6 and Robben Island, was going to affect us. Our guide warned us that we may find this tour somewhat gruelling. He was right, so very right. … Continue reading Apartheid and Reconciliation 
Our second day in Cape Town is another tightly packed tour. We’ll visit Hout Bay, the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Point, a colony of penguins at Boulder Bay, and the Botanical Gardens. No-one can believe the weather! Clear, deep blue skies with a baking hot sun. We know the Mount Nelson has a reputation for being able to arrange anything, but this goes way beyond expectations. … Continue reading Cape of Good Hope 
We flew from Amsterdam to Cape Town on Emirates via Dubai. But after take-off from Dubai we levelled at 10,000 feet and flew north west out to sea and began circling. Strange, we should have been going south. I was about to say something to Lin, when the Captain announced, ‘Ladies and Gentlemen, unfortunately, the undercarriage will not retract so we have to return to Dubai.’ … Continue reading Our South African adventure |
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