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Kradmelder
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PostPosted: 09:28 - 29 Apr 2013    Post subject: Just another weekend.... Reply with quote

in white Africa...

we went and had a braai and looked at animals at the hippo pool. about 15 km from home. Pack a cool box full of meat and beer, and off we go.

we took a spot right by the dam next to the reeds, which the hippos feed on, but they don't come out in the day



https://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m270/hvandermerwe62/IMG-20130428-01324_zpsde7072c9.jpg

hippo pool

https://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m270/hvandermerwe62/IMG-20130428-01340_zps908c5c8f.jpg

for brunch we had ribs as starters

https://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m270/hvandermerwe62/IMG-20130428-01327_zps8f1d8c68.jpg

followed by wors for boerewors rolls for the kids

https://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m270/hvandermerwe62/IMG-20130428-01328_zps8224dc4a.jpg

then steak. Nice thick ones sliced up as snacks

https://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m270/hvandermerwe62/IMG-20130428-01329_zps5a35f56e.jpg

saw eland, waterbok and zebra

https://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m270/hvandermerwe62/IMG-20130428-01331_zps4e495a0b.jpg

https://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m270/hvandermerwe62/IMG-20130428-01344_zps8a3b1392.jpg

was a nice winter day, not too cold. this cold weather for 3 months a year gets tiresome. thankfully it is full sun and no rain in winter.

https://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m270/hvandermerwe62/IMG-20130428-01337_zps412a1173.jpg



there is horse riding for small kids

https://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m270/hvandermerwe62/IMG-20130428-01341_zps164c2b18.jpg

plenty of braai spots

https://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m270/hvandermerwe62/IMG-20130428-01342_zps55a8f08a.jpg

and got real close to a rhino. that is rare.

https://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m270/hvandermerwe62/IMG-20130428-01345_zps5588a384.jpg

and got a bit of sunburn again


https://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m270/hvandermerwe62/IMG-20130428-01346_zps45170c96.jpg

perfect day. good mates, plenty of beer and meat, kids had a great time, got close to a rhino.
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PostPosted: 09:31 - 29 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

Where's the veg? For the kids at least.
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PostPosted: 09:33 - 29 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hetzer wrote:
Where's the veg? For the kids at least.


The veg were recycled by the steers and heifers.. They had tomato sauce on the boerewors rolls.

they had plenty of veg the night before with the Schweinebraten and mixed veg we made.
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PostPosted: 09:34 - 29 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hetzer wrote:
Where's the veg? For the kids at least.


Are you crazy!? no Veg required! that is just a scam setup by the farmers so that they can sell their crappy produce!
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PostPosted: 09:56 - 29 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

sure a few of these as dunkel and weissbier count as vegetables? They are made from wheat, barley and hops...those are plants

https://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m270/hvandermerwe62/IMG-20130427-01309_zps6b52456c.jpg

and of course for the road there is a selection of snacks

https://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m270/hvandermerwe62/IMG-20130427-01308_zpse838a02c.jpg
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PostPosted: 10:30 - 29 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

Something I think I'd definitely enjoy doing... but 30 degrees, are you fucking kidding me. Laughing
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PostPosted: 10:46 - 29 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

##Paddy## wrote:
Something I think I'd definitely enjoy doing... but 30 degrees, are you fucking kidding me. Laughing


ja, nice mild winter day Very Happy

cant wait for winter to end. too farking cold
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PostPosted: 10:53 - 29 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mate, you would fucking freeze here. Smile
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PostPosted: 11:03 - 29 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

##Paddy## wrote:
Mate, you would fucking freeze here. Smile


cant you see the kids are wearing jackets. its winter!

i know. the UK weather, and crowds isn't for me. The lack of empty remote dirt roads to ride for hours would also get to me.

The lack of nature as well. I don't mean manicured rural scenes, proper nature with no people around.

and what about paying a firkin fortune for a piece of meat to braai. and no proper braai wood as it is so wet! just makes flames, not coals.
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PostPosted: 13:26 - 29 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

You're a lucky bastard to live in that kind of place you know that?


All the same, do you know what hiking/wild camping is like in South Africa - is it too dangerous to do as a hobby? If I lived in a country that had incredible wilderness but in which I couldn't go hiking and camping I would be terribly frustrated.
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PostPosted: 13:34 - 29 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

Benno wrote:
You're a lucky bastard to live in that kind of place you know that?


All the same, do you know what hiking/wild camping is like in South Africa - is it too dangerous to do as a hobby? If I lived in a country that had incredible wilderness but in which I couldn't go hiking and camping I would be terribly frustrated.


lots of hiking and camping. you can do trails for several days with overnight remote huts if you like. no road access. many places to camp. this is at mid winter.
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PostPosted: 13:55 - 29 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have these just up the road from me, just a ferw minutes walk away.

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PostPosted: 13:58 - 29 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looks real nice Krad.

I was sort of expecting a Crocodile Dundee moment as you all looked in the lake in the first photo though Laughing
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PostPosted: 14:45 - 29 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

Don't you colonial types ever tan up? 12c in Blighty and I'm already tanning up after a few rare days of sun, despite the fact that I don't sit out in it.
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PostPosted: 16:14 - 29 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

mentalboy wrote:
Don't you colonial types ever tan up? 12c in Blighty and I'm already tanning up after a few rare days of sun, despite the fact that I don't sit out in it.


I think he is Dutch by origin.
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PostPosted: 16:32 - 29 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

Skudd wrote:
mentalboy wrote:
Don't you colonial types ever tan up? 12c in Blighty and I'm already tanning up after a few rare days of sun, despite the fact that I don't sit out in it.


I think he is Dutch by origin.



Didn't the Dutch have colonies then???

Edit: Or is it that the Dutch don't tan???
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PostPosted: 16:40 - 29 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thing is, there is so much sun, you get to realise after a while that its smarter to stay out of it.

(type "skin cancer" into Google or Bing, see what comes up, looking at it on the internet is bad enough, but it soon puts you off going in the sun when you have to see it on your loved ones)
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PostPosted: 16:59 - 29 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

hellkat wrote:
Thing is, there is so much sun, you get to realise after a while that its smarter to stay out of it.

(type "skin cancer" into Google or Bing, see what comes up, looking at it on the internet is bad enough, but it soon puts you off going in the sun when you have to see it on your loved ones)



I understand that, but if I recall correctly Krad works outdoors. One does expect a healthy tan from outdoorsmen regardless of skin cancer problems ( and I'm not knocking the damage the sun does). I was rather under the impression that our Antipodean cousins were just about the only nation on this planet who religiously lather up with factor 50 before stepping out the front door (again a sensible measure given the amount of sun they get down there)
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PostPosted: 17:02 - 29 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm so jealous of the meat and sun and scenery krad gets to enjoy, I popped into tesco to eye something to eat and saw a BRIGHT PINK thin, pathetic disgusting looking steak for £5 Shocked

still meaning to try premier meats when i've got some money
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PostPosted: 17:24 - 29 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

mentalboy wrote:
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Didn't the Dutch have colonies then???

Edit: Or is it that the Dutch don't tan???


No the Dutch are just odd. Laughing
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PostPosted: 17:55 - 29 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

So next BCF BBQ is at Krads Thumbs Up
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