Tag Archives: Cape Town weather

A Calm Day Before The Wind

Posted on April 4, 2024 by Helga

Thursday Dear Elsie Today begins a bit of a countdown for us. Three weeks today we fly to Italy and 1 month today we fly from Italy to Denmark.  I got an email from Easyjet saying we could check-in. The … Continue reading →

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Electricity Fixed

Posted on September 28, 2023 by Helga

Thursday Dear Elsie Today was the day the electricity got fixed. In fact, last night, after 8pm, I got a call to say the electricity department was downstairs to fix the problem. When they found out where the problem was … Continue reading →

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Dinner for Two

Posted on June 29, 2022 by Helga

Wednesday Today was the day… The crazy warm weather continued. We didn’t get to swim. I had work, so we got on with it and did some walking later on in the day. Washing dried in no time. One of … Continue reading →

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Wintery Sunday

Posted on December 5, 2021 by Helga

Sunday Today was the day… I thought the wind would die down and it would turn sunny, but it didn’t. In fact, although the wind is not as rough as last night, the clouds are lower and there is no … Continue reading →

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Contrasting Weather – Morning and Evening

Posted on October 13, 2021 by Helga

Wednesday Today was the day… We saw Fish Hoek beach like we’ve never seen it before. The red tide was washed away. There was a north wind pushing in making the sea flat and calm. And, it was warm. I … Continue reading →

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Spring Rain

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Helga

Thursday Yesterday we had a number of showers but nothing like what is expected overnight tonight… It should pour down, which will do the dams good. Today the Western Cape dam levels are a healthy 79.5% full for which we … Continue reading →

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Mike’s Unexpected News

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Helga

Mondays are always quite busy days for me. There is a glut of work to catch up on in the email department (more than 200) and a whole lot of other stuff which takes up time. As a result I … Continue reading →

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