Foamy seas

The sea today was jusy loke a wave of foam. There was no visable water between the waves and the foam was whipped up by the easterly wind.

A beautiful sight.

Very few visitors to the village today, just Mr Plod still posing as a tourist to trap our mugger

10th Jan Fishing with Joz

Joz is a good mate of mine and he invited me to join him on his small fishing boat. The weather was fantastic, calm with sea like a mirror.

Good luck came our way as dolphins circled our small boat and then a whale surfaced so close that I was able to shoot some great footage.Cape gannets can be seen in the video as well as a swimming penguin

9th Jan Tommy and Sue with their 100 guests

Today on the clifftop at Schoenies the most romantic and happy wedding this decade

The Mugger is a Convicted Murderer

At last we have a full description of ONE of the muggers. I say one because from two victims who have recently been attacked it is obvious that they were not attacked by the same criminal.

On Wednesday Dr P Conrade was a victim and was threatened with a screwdriver and then stabbed with it. She gave a very accurate picture which is shown below.

Earlier today I spoke to Inspector Marais who is constantly patrolling the area and he gave me these details.

The attacker is an ex prisoner who belongs to the notorious gang "28". The qualification to be a member of this gang is they have to be a convicted murderer. Dr Conrade noted the '28' tattooed on his left wrist, so he has served his sentence or is an escapee.

This attack took place only 100 yds onto the trail and soon if not stopped will start to burgle houses in the village as he gets desperate. Muggers and murderers are also buglers!

What can we do? Do we have to wait until someone is killed before more action is taken. There was also an incident on Monday but as the vistim did not lose anything he refused to open a docket at the police station. This is unacceptable as far as I am concerned because when they do catch the criminal, which I believe they will, then the more dockets that are open, the stiffer the sentence the judge will be able to give.

Love is in the air

Two doors up from me, Sue(a widow) has a small tea shop where she makes home made scones and jam. She's always busy on Sundays and about a year ago Tommy(a widower) met Sue there.

Tommy had returned to Schoenies from Australia, where he lives, to spread the ashes of his late wife in a place they had both loved. They had moved to Perth, from South Africa, but sadly his wife passed away after a long illness.

Fate stepped in and Tommy met Sue that day and a friendship developed.

Tomorrow I will go to their wedding reception and blessings which will take place near the cannon.

6th January another mugging on our doorstep

A beautiful start to the day with few people about

Another mugging, this time almost on our doorstep.

At 6pm we saw a crowd of people gather by the cannon opposite. On investigation it turned out that another attack had taken place just 100 yds from the start of the trail. Had I been on our balcony, I could have seen it.

The mugger used a screwdriver this time and srtatched the face of his lady victim. She did not have any valuables on her and i understand that nothing was stolen.

The police and locals were quickly on the scene as they were undercover and patrolling as tourists all day long.

It is sad that he was not caught as searches were made within five minutes of the attack. Some locals think that he has dug himself into a hole and quickly hides after an attack underground just pulling bushed over the opening while below the ground, just like Sadam Hussain did before he was caught.

5th January Teaching Bella

Fun start to the day teaching our dog to snorkel

Later the wind came up and spoilt the day. However for lovers of the sea it was fantastic. The 50k winds were from the east and whipped up the breaking waves leaving a long trail of sea spray in their wake.

4th January

During the past month, the locals and visitors have been attacked by a red shirted mugger who ambushes walkers on the nature trail which starts just outside of our house.

I have put up notices and reported it in the newspaper but as yet we have not caught him. To my knowledge there have been 11 attacks and sooner or later one of these will turn into a murder as often old people with their dogs are set upon and they end up in hospital

Jan 3rd

January 2nd

New Year new start

Here we go, a New Year's and New Decade of resolutions.

I have resurected this blog and intend to update it daily

Followers will get an insight to my life as an expat living in a small village just outside of Port Elizabeth in South Africa.

I intend to make videos of daily life as seen my myself and my views on life are not the same as 'tick-tock' public so read and watch with an open mind.