Another reason to buy in Zone 1

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City Centre living. It isn’t for everyone. And if Cape Town is anything to go by (and it is), it’s damn expensive too.

But other than the convenience of your office being right on the doorstep, what else is there to justify the massive price tag?

I’m sorry, did you say “immediate obliteration in the event of a nuclear strike”? – that sounds perfect!

Not that there’s likely to be a nuclear war, of course. The two guys controlling about 90% of the world’s nuclear missiles seem decent, sensible and reasonable, and not at all deranged.

Yeah. Maybe it’s worth that extra million quid to get that little place in Westminster. Far better than the prolonged agony of the daily commute (and then the protracted dying, should the worst actually happen) of the outlying areas.

How does this relate to Cape Town? It doesn’t really. Missiles can’t reach this far, and if they could, we still have a big mountain to hide behind, and the South Easter will take all the radiation away within a couple of minutes.

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Graphic from here.

Not enough

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Bit knackered this evening. But I’ve worked out the reason why.

Getting back into the rhythm and routine of the school term shouldn’t really be a struggle, but it seems no-one has told my body that.

Can’t keep going on like that.

But…

On the plus side, I had a great drive around the peninsula today, with some great colours and occasional wildlife on show.

More of that another time though, as there’s a goodbye braai to enjoy this evening, as the sun descends on another smoky Cape Town afternoon.

Not sure which one(s) of these is making the sunset quite so orange this evening, but while it’s pretty, it’s never good news.

View from the weekend

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We went away and then we did very, very little.

Save, of course, from enjoying the views, the hot tub, the pool and the pizza oven.

On Saturday morning, I went out on a bit of run that then turned into a bit of a hike, and ended up climbing up onto the koppie 250m above our accommodation, leaving me with this view down the Breede Valley:

Not bad at all. New phone camera doing the business.
And I only nearly died a couple of times.

Right now, it’s back to reality: picking up kids from school and making dodgy salads for dinner.

But… it was a fun weekend.

Live in a church

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Appropriate for a Sunday.

I’m not religious. I don’t go to church.

But I could live in one. If it was this one.

At £995,000, it’s a little out of my price range right now, but it is gorgeous.

Apparently, it featured on Grand Designs. I’m a fan of the show, but I haven’t seen this one yet. I’m sure I’d remember.

I’m not sure how long that link above will last, but maybe I’ll be able to find the listing on a archived website once it’s gone. <- NOTE TO FUTURE SELF.

Back again

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I did mention that this was going to happen, but I also said that I would have some reservations unless certain criteria were met:

And look, if it is correct, then this is clearly great news, but… so much of the original MTW was good because of the regulars and especially Hugh Dennis and Dara O’Briain. Without them, you might as well just make a different show. 

Well, things are suddenly looking up:

Yep. The “new” MTW presenter is: Dara O’Briain…

And, what’s more:

Joining Dara in the studio throughout the new series is a stellar line-up of top comedy talent, including Rhys James, Sara Pascoe, Angela Barnes, Ed Byrne, Ahir Shah, Milton Jones, Katherine Ryan, Hugh Dennis, Sarah Keyworth, Lou Sanders, Glenn Moore, Ellie Taylor and Russell Howard – with more names still to be announced.

This sounds almost too good to be true. In fact, it seems that the only big change they have made (aside from it not being on BBC2 anymore) is that the show will be 60 minutes long.

Will that work? 30 minutes always left me wanting more, but maybe that was a good thing.

I think that the proof of the pudding will be in watching the first few shows. And given that they are just a couple of weeks away, I’m pretty excited.