A Chilly May in SA, but June in London was colder!

Whoever thinks being retired means you have loads of free time on your hands, has obviously not seen our schedule. Five weeks in Joburg and surrounds sounds like ages but we did not have one free night.We arrived back from Zim on 7th May, went to the farm to unpack the caravan, then spent a long weekend at Bakubung at Pilansberg Game Reserve with Mom and Tony. The next weekend Neil went biking with the Achar Boys in Mpumalanga, which we followed up with more Joburg jolling, fishing at TFFC near Dullstroom, a midweek break at Sabi Sun near Hazyview with Carol and Jane and a long weekend at Zebula with Rob and Gill and Hanli and Andrew.We squeezed in a few more days in Joburg before returning to Dullstroom for another fishing weekend with Paulet and Gavin. Dullies in June is very cold, but the house has a great log fire that keeps burning day and night. Watching rugby ( SA vs England ) at the Duck and Trout was a real blast from the past. Partners in crime from the old days, you know who you are! We spent a night at the farm to drop off the bakkie, pack and take ourselves off to the airport on Monday 11th June, and so to London for a week. London's daytime temperatures were a lot lower than Joburg's and it is supposed to be summer in London! We went to the Queens tennis with Antoinette, which was only briefly rained out that day and did a bit of theatre and some dining out (as one does in London, you know.) It was nice to spend time with friends and family, even though it was a bit of a rush, flying off to Munich on Tuesday 19th June.