Footprints in the sand

Saturday morning is market day...



There are some interesting things for sale...

Though we think these are unlikely to be squirrel proof as this is not something that is over here so they don't have to be so ingenious and stopping them
Getting to the bird food


Brekkie was shared - kudu burger and cheese and bacon omelette


I had my first iron brew ever but haven't had he real iron Bru for years as it has caffeine in it. No idea if this tastes anything like the real stuff and it's not so nuclear orange but it was sweet and had a nice flavour


For those who've been up a while there is wine for breakfast


But I stuck to the soft drinks. Apparently it must go straight in the fridge. 


There is lots of food and drink and crafts for sale as well as fruit and veg and other goodies. We make this a regular stop


Afterwards we were off on the bike. Woody just stopped to do some adjustments. We took all dirt roads to Napier


The road vegind


And the road ahead
It wasn't particularly exciting but we did see a couple of troops of baboons who all vacated at the sound of the engine and a tortoise crossing the road.


A strange earthwork. It looks like it was formed by water but it would've been a while back for that much water in this area 


The plane tree trying to look like a rhino. There were weaver bird nests high up in these tress


We stopped off at a farm stall for a drink. The sparletta superberry drink was toxic red and reminded me of panda pops


Grenadilla (passion fruit) tart and rocky road with garlic flowers as decoration


It's very quirky and full of old stuff hung up for display


Here we be!


The evening found us back on Grotto beach with the hounds 


Woof 


And a cooler evening left time for some ironing!


Sunday morning was to he united reformed church though not all attended as seen by the hangliders over the mountains 


Lunch was with friends at a place called Mariana's in Stanford a nearby town


Smile... like you mean it


Beautiful flowers


Lovely displays everywhere


I had a springbok rillette followed by springbok pie which looked like a pasty but was full of meat then this chocolate cup


And mint tea


The garden from where the good things spring from


And looking back towards the restaurant. It's changing hands soon so will become a new venture


Another walk on Grotto to try and combat all the good food!


We are not alone...


Making our own footprints in the dunes 👣

And back to watch Dakar racing which had been recorded for us. 

Love to all xxx