Two Oceans Aquarium...

Another post from my travels earlier this year.... this time, we are back in Cape Town for a visit to the Two Oceans Aquarium, located at the Victoria and Albert Waterfront....

Perfect setting, with the backdrop of Table Mountain

Clarkii anemonefish

Fan coral

Jelly fish

Cray fish

Kelp forest

Kelp forest

Shark!

Longhorn cowfish

Star fish

Sea horse

Angel fish... anyone know which one?

Can you spot me?

Anemone

Star fish

Giant crab

Rock hopper penguin

African penguins

Moray eel

Surrounded by clown fish!

Well worth a visit if you're ever in the Mother City!

I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud...

I never did get round to showing you some photos of the Lake District, did I? I spent a very happy weekend there back in early June, hiking with a group of friends.


We stayed in a very comfy B&B in Ambleside, aptly named 'The WaterWheel'....

On the Saturday, we hiked all day along a route known as The High Road....

 Part of the old Roman road

 Group shot - I'm lurking on the far left in the blue tee

A gentler walk on the Sunday, from Ambleside to Grasmere, exploring some caves en route....

Happy days!

Notes From Nat....

Dear Man with the Ginormous Head Seated Directly in Front of me at Last Night's Ballet

You can't help the disproportionate size of your dome. Your poor mother.... squeezing that cranium out.... ooooouuuuuch! Doesn't bear even thinking about! Apparently having a big head makes you smarter than the rest of us mere mortals with our puny little skulls... huh! Not smart enough though to work out that constant leaning your gargantuan noodle first one way then the next was obscuring my view of the stage! Do you have a weak neck? It seems likely, given that it's having to support that huge nut on top of you shoulders... however, last night's performance of 'Swan Lake' was not the time or the place to be working on your neck-strengthening exercises! Use your loaf, man! Might I suggest a neck brace? It will serve you well when the next poor sod stuck behind you in a theatre seat somewhere gets the hell in and stops your wobbly head antics with a swift, hard blow to the back of your noggin! I was tempted. Very, very tempted.

Dear Woman Constantly Rustling Crinkly Sweet Wrappers Seated Directly Behind me at Last Night's Ballet

ENOUGH ALREADY!!! Girlfriend.... take it from me, a former sugar junkie.... you want to ration those sweet treats to once a month at most... and then most definitely NOT during any performance that other people have paid good money to enjoy! You nom nom noming constantly and loudly for three hours' solid behind me did nothing to improve my tetchiness with Man with the Ginormous Head Seated Directly in Front of me, and probably even less for your evidently rapidly expanding waistline. MIAOW!

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PS From Grumpy Nat..... despite these annoying people seated front and rear of me, last night's performance of 'Swan Lake' by the Sofia National Ballet and Orchestra was absolutely stunning! I remain in awe of the talented dancers and musicians, and somewhat intrigued by the... er... bulkiness... of the contents of the male dancers tights! Just what is going ON down there?!!

Photos of the Sofia National Ballet nicked from the web... I would never use my camera in the theatre, unlike some others seated to my right!  Surrounded by idiots....