Spring is here! And it feels like I’ve been out of action over the (admittedly very short) whole of winter! The last couple of months...

After a month away, I finally got back on my bike, and how lovely that was! The climate is a bit kinder than July, and the teething...

Today we went out for a longer ride. It was minus 3 degrees when we started, and the riders were a totally different kettle of fish to...

It’s almost two years since I was last on my bike! We used to ride two to three times a week as a big group in Sai Kung, when Covid had...

Autumn has set in properly! All through most of May, the weather has been beautifully warm, with cool evenings. Now it’s COLD for much...

With Bernie and Sonja over for a few days from Hong Kong, we had an excuse to get out of the house and visit Pilansberg National Park,...

This week things have slowed down! Having got so much done in a very short space of time over the first half of April, we now have hardly...

This is just a short post, because I had dealings with the police (again) in South Africa. I often hear people complaining about them,...

Interesting that this is a direct translation, or calque, of a Chinese expression 好耐冇見 (hou2 noi6 mou5 gin3)! Anyway, I digress before...

Three days before we move into the house and I’m already dreaming and imagining getting out into the garden! I’ve already binge-shopped...

One week to go before we move into our place in Chartwell and start living our lives! The flat we’ve been renting from our friends for...

South Africa seems to have a love affair with classic cars! I have always loved these golden oldies, and had a chance to really drool on...

I’ve been working on my blog for almost a month; it’s insanely complicated to get started and figure out how to even populate it! So I...

I started working on my blog in November during my first month here. Unfortunately, a family tragedy had us flying back to the UK at the...

Someone with more foresight would have got their blog up and running before they headed out on their travels. Unfortunately that person...

So South Africa has power cuts. We knew that when we came. People moaned about them and complained about government incompetence blah...

As always when I arrive in Johannesburg, I get ill! I think it’s the altitude and the dryness. Hong Kong, we live at sea-level (looking...