Wednesday 17 June.
I went out for a run this morning before breakfast. I was beginning to feel a lot better and needed to get some decent training done. This was going to be the first run I had done since we were in Tenerife earlier this year. As I wasn't very fit for running and just recovered from my op I didn't intend going mad and running a long distance. The route I had planned was to run to the top of Ibis Rd turn over Bird Rd to the back road that runs parallel with Ibis until it meets it at the bottom of the hill. Then it would be back up Ibis home. The weather was nice but not hot at 7:30 am when I got going after my normal stretching routine. It was a bit uphill until I got to the top of Bird Rd then downhill until the turn to go up Ibis home. I was puffing quite a bit on the climb but after that I ran comfortably. The only problem I had was a slight niggle at my left achilles tendon but I didn't run far enough to aggravate it too much. My running time was 13:18 minutes so it was only about 2 km. After doing some more stretching I made the breakfast.
After tidying up the breakfast things and showering I relaxed for the rest of the morning until 11 am when we went out. I had my appointment with Dr Viljoen at 1:30 pm but we wanted to go to the hardware shop at the South Coast Mall near Shelley Beach first. There we looked at high pressure water cleaners and made a note of all the makes and reference numbers. I would check later on the internet about what the differences were and what they can do. I think for cleaning the patio, walls and the car the cheapest one would do and costs just over R1000. They also had nice compact generators at R9000 which we may have to invest in if we are going to spend more time here and the power outages continue. Moira is also talking about knocking the wall down at the back of the house to give more space to sit out there. This would mean a different type of folding drying line and we costed them as well. We now have the prices of all we think we shall need to get the house up to scratch and we can consider it over the next few months and do it next year when we come out again.
We were still early for my doctor's appointment so had a walk around the Mall then when we reached Port Shepstone went to the car park on the beach to watch the waves. There was a couple of guys fishing but in the half hour we were there I don't think they got a hint of a bite. I don't know why we always get to doctors early as they are never on time. We had 45 minutes to wait as others were taken before me. When it was my turn she said that she had given the people different times but they all turned up together. If people come early then they should wait until their appointed time not taken before others. Anyway when I got in it was only for about 10 minutes. She was happy enough with the condition of my ear, then cleaned it, smeared ointment on it and repacked it. I've to go back in 2 weeks for another check up.
Our next plan was to go to the restaurant 'Fish on the River' on the river bank just outside the town. We had been there many times before and it was as good as ever. We both had hake and chips with a beer. The helping of fish was just right and it was delicious, we will be back again before we leave. Moira drove up the river and crossed it just after going under the toll road. It was up the hill and round to pick up Old Faith Road and home.
It was the 4th ODI between England and NZ today. When I turned it on NZ were batting and doing well heading for a score in the region of 400 then our power went off. Fortunately we had something to eat before the cut; Moira had bought a small French loaf when we were out and it was lovely with cheese, far better than the rolls. I put the candles on and we sat and read from our iPads, luckily you don't need any light for them.
When the power returned England were batting and from the first 10 overs had bludgeoned 100 runs. This was well ahead of their target as NZ had had a bit of a collapse at the end of their innings and only made 349. England were knocking the rest of the runs off easily and at 10:15 pm they had 45 to get so I gave up and went to bed. Moira hadn't been feeling very good and was tired, she went to bed a lot earlier.
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