Drakensberg trip

 

On our way.  It was overcast all the way down.  Gauteng Province had torrential rains on Friday, and a number of people in Soweto and other low-lying areas were left homeless.

Little Switzerland Chalets

 The first 3 days the mist and rain came and went. Visibility was virtually zero. By the third evening we had an exquisite sunset.

Monday morning cleared with snow on the mountain that stayed the whole week.  It is the first time the snow stayed this long in 20 years. (This time of the year).

Each time we visit there are more and more settlements creeping over the hills.

 

 

 

View from the chalet

 

Links to other events since I left Cape Town in 2012

My stay in the Overberg April 2012 till end June 2012
Dikhololo Game Farm July 2012
Living in Rustenburg July 2012 to date
Broke my arm in August 2012
Margaret Roberts Herb Farm
Pilanesberg Aug 2012
Photography Course Oct 2012
Meerkat murdered Oct 2012
Utopia Nov 2012
Buffelspoort Dam Nov 2012
Hartbeespoort Dam Yacht Club Marina Nov 2012
Cape Town Dec 2012 - to paint my flat and put Hugh's stuff into storage
Olifantsnek Dam Feb 2013
My furry friends at the Inn March 2013
Trip to Mpumalanga March 2013
Second operation to remove plate and fix tendons - April 2013
Stitches out today April 30, 2013

Stitches out today

The wounds have healed nicely

 

Front and back arm staples removed today.  On the road to recovery.















----- Links to other blog pages -----

Events since I left Cape Town 2012

My stay in the Overberg April 2012 till end June 2012
Dikhololo Game Farm July 2012
Living in Rustenburg July 2012 to date
Broke my arm in August 2012
Margaret Roberts Herb Farm
Pilanesberg Aug 2012
Photography Course Oct 2012
Meerkat murdered Oct 2012
Utopia Nov 2012
Buffelspoort Dam Nov 2012
Hartbeespoort Dam Yacht Club Marina Nov 2012
Cape Town Dec 2012 - to paint my flat and put Hugh's stuff into storage
Olifantsnek Dam Feb 2013
My furry friends at the Inn March 2013
Trip to Mpumalanga March 2013
Second operation to remove plate and fix tendons - April 2013
Stitches out today April 30, 2013

Second operation

Operation after snapping tendons

I had an operation a week after snapping my tendons while baking ginger cookies. I know, sounds crazy, but the dough was a bit sticky, and that's when it went. I complained to the doctor, and he gave me anti-inflammatories. During the first op I had a plate inserted to help heal the bad break. The screws to hold the plate were too long and stuck out above the bone. It sawed the flexor tendons off over time.

I spent a week with my mom to recuperate, then we went to the Drakensberg for a week.

Links to other blog pages since I left Cape Town last year on April fools day 2012

My stay in the Overberg April 2012 till end June 2012
Dikhololo Game Farm July 2012
Living in Rustenburg July 2012 to date
Broke my arm in August 2012
Margaret Roberts Herb Farm
Pilanesberg Aug 2012
Photography Course Oct 2012
Meerkat murdered Oct 2012
Utopia Nov 2012
Buffelspoort Dam Nov 2012
Hartbeespoort Dam Yacht Club Marina Nov 2012
Cape Town Dec 2012 - to paint my flat and put Hugh's stuff into storage
Olifantsnek Dam Feb 2013
My furry friends at the Inn March 2013
Trip to Mpumalanga March 2013
Second operation to remove plate and fix tendons - April 2013
Stitches out today April 30, 2013