Ysige Colesberg

Naand! Vandag was ysig koud, nat tot kort voor Richmond, en 'n ylerige sonnetjie vanaf Hanover tot by Colesberg waar ek met sonsondergang aangekom het, en 'n verwoedelike wind wat vanaf Beaufort-Wes alles van die pad wou gevee het.

Good evening! Today was an icy cold day, rain until Richmond, a weak sun until Colesberg, where I arrived at sunset, and a stormy wind from Beaufort West that tried to sweep everything off the road.

Die bordjie by Matjiesfontein het my laat glimlag: Was there, done that!

This sign at Matjiesfontein brought a smile to my frozen face: Was there, done that!

Laingsburg vanoggend: Wie sal ooit 25 Januarie 1981 kan vergeet toe die Buffelsrivier in vloed die hele dorp behalwe 21 huise verwoes het en 106 mense dood is.

Laingsburg this morning: Who will ever forget that fatal day, 25 January 1981, when the Buffels River in flood destroyed the whole town except 21 houses and left 106 people dead.
Laatmiddag: Vir die eerste keer sonskyn, sonder enige hitte. Dit het my laat terugdink aan 'n ander laatmiddag drie maande gelede toe dit bloedig warm was en ek baie alleen.

Late afternoon: For the first time sunshine, even if without any heat. It reminded me of another late afternoon three months ago when it was bloody hot and I so alone.

Onthou julle nog die foto? Die woestyn in Noord-Kenia.

Do you still remember this photograph? It was taken in North Kenya in the desert.