Beacon Bay

So our time in East London was pretty spectacular in the way that I came back to JHB superbly relaxed even though I had just driven 11 hours home. We had an absolute culinary extravaganza with meals each day that I could only dream to have on a fancy night out.

Menu

• Day 1: The first night as I have already said was Portuguese style fungi (pronounced foooo nnnn jjjj) with curried chicken. Leopards Leap 2008 Merlot


• Day 2: Lamb (shank) tagine with vegetables and Mange Tout. Vergelegen 2006 Cab Sav


• Day 3: Knysna oysters, crayfish boiled in salt water and 2 Red Roman on the grill spiced predominantly Cajun style. Meerlust 2002 Pinot Noir, Nature in Concert 2003 Pinot Noir


• Day 4: Oxtail potjie (nuff said) Vergelegen Pinot Noir & Boschendal Blanc de Noir


• Day 5: Local Chinese / Japanese / Thai for a good face stuffin: Tsingtao beer

So you see the food and wine were enough to keep our spirits up, even if the weather was proving to be a little unfavorable.

We did take the dogs down to the beach on every occasion the rain was not belting down and tried them out as a formidable swim team pairing. Charlie was not such a fan; in fact not that crazy about the beach in any way were it not for the other dogs running around. Turk however did take a liking to the water and by his third visit he was in love with the water, jumping face first into the Nahoon river behind this Spaniel giving him his first proper taste of salt water.

I managed to get a first class sunburn courtesy of my slack sun cream application. And while I am writing this, a week later, parts of my body are still a bit tender, and others a bit flaky. Wife is not amused…

You'll see in the pictures how well I have taught Turk in less than 3 months. He was such a hit on the beach and is now able to take other dogs on a walk
Celia enjoying our beach shelter from the searing South African sun