Primary School Musical

Drama Princess and all her fellow pupils (and obviously all the teachers) at Newton Park Primary School have been hard over the last few weeks rehearsing for the schools musical play that gets staged every few years. The production includes each and every child with each class contributing a different scene to the show. This … Continue reading Primary School Musical →

CON.ECT geek convention

This weekend the 3rd annual CON.ECT geek convention took place at the NMMU Indoor Sports Centre. The expo covers everything geeky from books, games and figurines to craft, technology displays and movie memorabilia. Except for the stalls on display there were various activities taking place over both days with both table top games (board and … Continue reading CON.ECT geek convention →

Plantation chapel

I won a night at The Plantation at the #ECMeetup recently and a few weeks ago the Damselfly and I made use of my prize (which I still need to post about). The afternoon after checking in we took a walk around the property and I snapped this pic of the chapel entrance - seeing … Continue reading Plantation chapel →

Travel Massive Port Elizabeth networking event

Travel Massive is a worldwide network of travel industry insiders getting together on a regular basis, connecting with each other and sharing information. There are a 128 chapters worldwide with each chapter headed up by locals who give their time bring people within the industry together. South Africa has six chapters in Cape Town, Johannesburg, … Continue reading Travel Massive Port Elizabeth networking event →

When bloggers get together – #ECMeetUp

This morning the first (of I'm sure many more) Eastern Cape Bloggers Meetup - #ECMeetUp - took place at The Boma on Sardinia Bay Road. About 30 bloggers - including travel, mommy, fashion, lifestyle, girly stuff, guy stuff and hair & makeup bloggers and more - and journo's got together for lots of good company, informative … Continue reading When bloggers get together – #ECMeetUp →

Run dad, keep up

This is a scene that played itself off over and over at Saturday's Ironkids event. Fathers doing the run leg along with their kids (often with mothers a few steps behind). But if it only was as easy as it sounds. Most of us huffed and puffed along carrying bags and cameras, taking photos, encouraging … Continue reading Run dad, keep up →

Supporting the Ironman runners till late

One of the main reasons we wanted to go down and support the runners along Beach Road during Ironman was to cheer on four of our friends taking part. We parked our camp chairs in front of the McArthur pool complex and settled in for the evening. Our friend B had a tough time on the … Continue reading Supporting the Ironman runners till late →

Moenie omkyk nie – the Ironman run

After we spent most of the day on Sunday supporting the Ironman cyclists we headed down to the beachfront after dinner to spent some time supporting those same Ironmen and women on their running leg. Loved Die Burger's poster that said "Moenie omkyk nie" (Don't look back). I don't think I saw anybody look back. … Continue reading Moenie omkyk nie – the Ironman run →

A shady spot for the Ironman cycle leg

Due to the change of route for Ironman this year we couldn't watch the cycle leg from our usual spot next to Buffelsfontein Road at Mount Pleasant. After church this morning we packed our lunch in a cooler box, grabbed the camp chairs and headed off to the intersection of Victoria Drive and Sardinia Bay … Continue reading A shady spot for the Ironman cycle leg →

Drama Princess at Ironkids 2016

Ironkids takes place the day before Ironman and consists of a swim and a run. The Ironkids in Port Elizabeth is the biggest Ironkids competition in the world and would probably have been mush bigger if they didn't have to cap entries. Drama Princess took park in her 5th Ironkids competition this year and had … Continue reading Drama Princess at Ironkids 2016 →