After a delicious bacon sandwich and cooked breakfast for Dan with Steve and Sharon, I spent my morning packing up cottage our one bedroom cottage to move back into the two bedroom one with Mum and Duncan whilst the boys took Snolly into town to try to get the car fixed. Dad went in with them to do work in Wimpy and use their internet and find a way to get to Cape Town for his reunion with Dougand Steve went in in his own car so that he could give them a lift back if need be.
The boys were taking ages to come back, so the rest of us ended up gathering in a gorgeous patch of sunshine next to the lake, and opened a bottle of champagne whilst we waited. I also started the fire up for the braai lunch to finish up what was left from the night before. I had already started it when Dan phoned Sharon to let her know they were coming back and to ask her to start a fire! Dan and Duncan eventually arrived back in Snolly at about 12:00, Jeremy at the garage in Ceres had fixed the loss of power by replacing the diesel filter. He fit the coolant system that Doug had brought to the wedding, and also cleaned the car of all the wedding congratulations for us.
Dan threw more wood on the fire when he arrived back, and I went to go get more glasses and drinks for the boys :) I also managed to nearly blow up the iPad as I had been typing blog posts on the grass, I left the iPad there whilst I ran around getting drinks and it became very very very hot!! It told me to take it somewhere cool to let it cool down, a do was barely able to hold it, it was burning my fingers. After some mild panicking it came back on and was just fine, phew! I had volunteered to drive dad into town to catch a taxi to Cape Town, so we left just before 2:00. Unfortunately we missed the 2pm taxi so we unpacked his bags from our car and loaded them into the boot of the taxi. Dad had about half an hour to wait till it left but he had a book to read. I felt really bad about leaving him to fend his own way to Cape Town and I offered to drive him there myself but he said it should be ok and he did get there in one piece!
After checking the tire pressure on the car (which were all wrong, the spare tire was at 1.5 when it should have been 2.6) and filling up the car, i drove back to Arum Lilly. I had a heart attack moment at the gates trying to get back in as checking email had used up the last of the credit and it wouldn't ring the gate. What was the most scary is that there were two guys hitchhiking behind me who were making me very uneasy. I found our new iPhone4 sim card which had airtime on it, so I did live to see another day! Everyone had moved back round the fire for our braai and lunch of boerwors and lamb sandwiches, which I was just in time for.
Chris Duncan and Dan sat drinking and lounging at the hot tub, talking science so mum and I faded inside for an afternoon nap. I spent about an hour trying to catch up on blog posts before I had my nap, so I missed out on the canoe race festivities that happened as the sun was setting. Dan and Duncan were trying to catch a duck but ended up just spraying it with a ton of water from the paddles. After their fun in the sun and I woke up, everyone got ready to go to our food paring at Waverley Hills that Phillip had very kindly agreed to hold for us, as they were not usually open on a Friday. It was wonderful to be able to wear my beautiful wedding high heels to the evening, as I no longer have to worry about keeping them shiny and new for the wedding day!
Phillip and Carrine had set up a table for the nine of us in the wine tasting room and just as the first time the food and wine were truly amazing. Everyone enjoyed an epic meal (The details of which can be found in Day 14's post) and many drinks before we all headed home and prepared to wake early for a group breakfast and almost everyone starting their journeys home.
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