Beach beauties

Didn't achieve too much on the home front today, but socialising hit an all-time high. We got up early to go and buy paint for a little internal refurbishment and on the way home, my son suggested a spot of breakfast - never one to pass up a chance of cappuccino and an omelette, we pulled in at the local restaurant, much featured in this blog. Of course, at the time of year one can expect slow results from the kitchen and nobody really minds as long as the weather is good and their is plenty of chit-chat between the tables. However, I was in a bit of a rush as I was heading back to Fish Hoek beach for a mini school reunion and I barely had time to shovel in the last of the omelette before taking to the road again.

By now the traffic had increased considerably, and I can only be grateful that we weren't meeting in Kalk Bay, as the chances of getting there in a hurry were looking bleak, to say the least. The queue to cross the railway line onto Fish Hoek beach was snaking back towards the station, but I spotted a parking space close by and did my best bit of rally driving and was facing the other direction and parked in a flash.

Arriving at the beach bistro, it soon became apparent that this was not the best day to be there, with wall-to-wall holidaymakers and a table for 6 needing to accommodate about 12 of us. We didn't let it put us off, though, and soon people switched tables and were very accommodating so that we could all yak and catch up on a few years of our lives. Unfortunately, the service, which is sketchy even in the middle of winter, was non-existent and we placed our orders for coffee after about 45 minutes. Another 45 minutes passed and we were getting parched from too much talking and, due to a mix-up with the delivery of the order, the coffees were taken to the wrong table and sent back to the kitchen. Eventually all was sorted out, but waiting an hour and a half for a coffee went way beyond bad service.

The good part was that we all had a great time and in fact came across more old school friends nearby - it being Fish Hoek, after all - and have already planned to do it again next year.