To start with I spent a weekend with my sister Hannah and her family in Johannesburg.
She had invited all our Jo'burg relatives to lunch in her garden in
celebration of her recent birthday.
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The Brueckner cousins at Hannah's home. From the left: Martin, Fiona Emby (nee Welch), Mike Hough, Hannah, Paul Hough & his son Ricardo, Helen Ludlow, Mike's son Simon, Kirsten Welch, and James Welch and his son Jonathan.
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Almost the same group, but about 30 years earlier. At the back: Rob Ludlow, Paul, Helen and Kirsten. In front: Martin, Fiona, Hannah, my brother Simon, and James. Some of us have since grown a bit taller.
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Jö, Bram and Hannah in their garden.
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Anna Ludlow and Bram at her home in Randburg
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Next stop was Mom and Dad's home in Villiersdorp. This picture
was taken in Hermanus, where we drove to for lunch one day.
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Next I spent a couple of days in Cape Town. Here are are my in-laws
Berna and Guy Meredith at their home in Bergvliet.
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I had a few hours to spare one afternoon so I went for a ramble in Kirstenbosch
Gardens (actually a rather strenuous ramble up Skeleton Gorge and down Nursery
Ravine).
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The otter in the pond at Kirstenbosch Gardens.
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Next I drove up to the Cedarberg for some climbing at the Tafelberg
with my friends Paul Setterfiled and Clive Louw. This picture was taken
on the hike up to the Tafelberg .
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Paul leading the first pitch of "Boomergang", Cedarberg Tafelberg.
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Clive on "Boomerang", Cedarberg Tafelberg.
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Paul and Clive on the summit of the Tafelberg, just as the sun was setting.
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Paul leading the first pitch of "Motopsychosis",
Cedarberg Tafelberg.
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Paul and Clive in front of Spout Cave, our accomdation at the Cedarberg
Tafelberg.
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The Cedarberg Tafelberg at sunset.
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