IAN PACKHAM - 2

A couple of posts ago we spoke about the adventurer who is walking and using public transport around the coast of Africa.
I fell in love with him immediately. A quiet, gentle unassuming man. Not like the big boistrous type some of these travellers are. Fart was also very impressed and he is going to write some articles about this brave young man. Who I might mention is also VERY clever. He was on mastermind, the highly rated BBC quiz programme. None of you will remember me being on the programme - way before blogging, when we still lived in Horsham, England.
So Ian and I have something in common.
Are you listening fart - intelligence, brains!

I felt we were akin the moment I sat on the step next to him on the first evening.
You know the feeling - nothing has to be said, but you just know.

'FART - where's dinner?' (Some people, I will never understand).

LAZY WATER

We did not have water for about four days. Fart was quite happy about it. He would go down to the club in the early morning, have a swim and shower. He was doing the same in the afternoons. He had big plastic containers of water for our household needs.

This is not normal as we live out of town on a farm and all our water comes from a spring in the mountain behind us. But it is a long way away and the water is pumped through four tanks and at one stage is gravity fed (that sounds like a pipe with a bad cough!), it has to travel about five kilometres to us.

When the water was running through the taps again, Fart said 'Oh look Sootie, we have lazy water again.'
I asked him what he meant by 'lazy water'. He said, 'Well we don't have to go and fetch it, like millions of other people; it is clean unlike the water of millions of people. It just arrives ready for instant use. It makes people lazy.'

I just love him don't you?

TRAVELLING MUMMSY

Our mummsy is going on another cruise around the Mediterranean. The last cruise was, over Christmas and New Year, they cruised around the East Indies Islands.
The yachts they cruise on are very luxurious, just like our lovely mummsy. Lots of class, plenty champagne and seafood's.
Mummsy came home for three weeks in February. She is looking so trim, slim and beautiful.
Well what do you expect, she is our mummsy.

IAN PACKHAM - AFRICAN ADVENTURER

I am sitting in Kokstad, Eastern Cape waiting to pick up Ian Packham who is travelling around the entire COAST of Africa. He is doing this by using any local transport available. His website www.encircleafrica.org.
He has travelled down the west coast of Africa from England, to Cape Town. He is now on the homeward leg up the east coast. He will be spending a couple of days with me before moving on.
Will update you.

TOMOS MORUS

My grandson born of my son Gwilym and his lovely lady, Lucy. A big lad and already very aware and checking out his surroundings. Obviously very happy with where he is.
GREAT - A VERY PROUD PERSON I AM!