16th March   This has been a hectic time.  They came and took us away on 2nd. i.e. all the furniture and stuff for storage, so that the container looks like Tutankhamen's tomb, when it was first opened.   This left us with the real stuff, papers, keys, minutiae which take time, plus the painter arrived and we are sleeping on a borrowed mattress on the floor.

The net result was that we fled on 4th for Amanzimtoti, and 8 hours later, I fell into bed  at the coast and slept for 14 hours straight.   The next day was a wild and windy one for that part of the world, and the beach was closed, so we contented ourselves with the protected tidal pool, but the salt water certainly did us good.

On Friday 6th after breakfast out, we packed up and went into Durban where we had lunch at a Moroccan restaurant in Glenwood and then on to Kim in Pietermaritzburg(He is Calvin's son).  We got there before the family came home, so had a bit of time to catch up on emails etc.   They now have 4 dogs,   In addition to the two dachsunds, there is now the Doberman, Merlin, and Bahan, the Rottweiler.   Quite a household.

A lovely weekend, and a welcome break, then back on Monday 9th to the never-ending mess which is the house.   Struggled through the week, gradually getting things done, until Friday, when we left it for good and I went off to lunch at Blandford Manor with my three favorite ladies, while Calvin wrestled with last minutes and we drove off to Centurion to spend the weekend with Sarah and Rob (Calvin's daughter and son-in-law)  Real downtime, though we ate ourselves silly, and on 15th back to Joburg and Philip's house which is our last stop.    Even more eating, this time homemade pizzas in the pizza oven.
We have even parted with Calvin's other pride and joy.  See below