Monday 20 July.
When we got up and before our walk we took, in relays, all the empty boxes and rubbish that had accumulated in the garage,over the last few weeks. The garage is quite clear now and just needs tidying up before we leave. After all the walking up and down the drive we just had a short walk this morning. Up and round Bird Rd to the road that runs parallel and back to Ibis then home. About 15 minutes, Moira didn't want to go much further as her leg and thigh muscles were sore.
After breakfast I put on old shorts that I had used for painting years ago and began painting the gable end of the house. I didn't bother trying to get very high, just as far as I could stretch with the roller. The main thing was to paint along the bottom of the wall where it was badly marked and stained. Also I had to paint the end of the wall surrounding the patio which was very marked. It took just over an hour and is looking very much better. After cleaning up the brushes etc I had a shower.
Alison had sent us a text saying she was coming at 10 am with the information about the rent and expenses for when the house was let last year, for my SA tax purposes. She didn't appear but later we got another text inviting us for dinner this evening and no doubt we will get the info then.
After lunch we went to the SARS offices in Port Shepstone. The place was crowded with people waiting on rows of seats with their tax problems. We were going to wait in the queue at the information desk when a girl came up to us wearing an overall that said 'Information Agent' and asked if she could help. I explained our problems with the UK tax authorities and she said the woman who could help wasn't in today but to come back tomorrow at 2 pm and she would arrange a meeting. When we left we went to Glen Smit the management consultants offices, who look after Lourie Gardens, that were next door. The levy for our complex had increased after the recent AGM and Moira wanted details so she could alter the standing order at the bank. Once that business was complete we went to Pick-n-Pay for some shopping before heading home.
The cycling had over 100 km to go when the TV broadcast tied in with the race. There was a large breakaway of riders about 6 minutes ahead of the peleton but the main contenders weren't interested, the nearest one in the break was over 30 minutes behind Froome. So it looked like the peleton were having an easy day and let the gap gradually increase to nearly 20 minutes at the finish. At that point they were climbing the Col de Cabre and both groups worked together and there were no attacks. It changed on the final climb, Col de Manse, and the leading group started to disintegrate. One rider managed to break clear, Ruben Plaza of Lampre, and crossed the summit a minute in the lead. A pursuing group included the wearer of the green points jersey Peter Segan. He isn't a renowned climber but hung in with the others until they crested the hill then he shot off. He is seemingly fearless descending on twisting winding hairpins but couldn't make up the deficit on Plaza and came in second for about the fourth time. The attacks started in the main peleton when they reached Manse. It was Nibili who went over first and gained about 20 seconds on the others but he is too far back to make do any difference now. The Welshman in the Sky Team, Geraint Thomas had what looked like a nasty accident on one of the hairpins on the final descent. Another rider collided with him and he went off the edge of the road and down a steep drop after colliding with a telegraph pole. The TV didn't dwell on the incident and we thought that was him out of the race but he somehow recovered, got on his bike and a team mate paced him to the finish, he only lost a minute.
When the cycling was over I checked the golf. There was about three on 15 under par then a group at 14 including Spieth looking for his third Major in a row. The amateur Dunne was beginning to struggle and the pressure of leading the Open on the final day was getting to him. The leaders were only just after halfway when it was time for us to leave for dinner with Alison and her husband Peter. It was just down the drive to the other complex beside Ibis Rd., it was now dark and we had to use a torch to find our way. We had a good evening and got the breakdown of the income and expenses for the rental. Alison had discovered that there was a discrepancy in the figures and there was about R6500 put into a wrong account by Nedbank. This will be paid to us when the bank sort out what happened. I told Alison to pay us R5000 and the difference will be her fee for looking after the house until we return. We had a lovely meal, pork chops and chicken with peas and mashed potatoes. It was after 10 pm when we headed up the drive home after some chatting about the happenings in the complex and the crazy neighbours we have.
It was straight to bed when got in, it was a late night for us.
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