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	Ben and Duncan on their bikes. You can see the state of the fields during the drought. Another year we had lots of rain ..but during the dry winter there could be veld fires so you always cut your grass.

We used to have lots of braais - barbecues to you - and we sat out late listening to the crickets and the frogs. Playing charades, drinking a little wine!

During the day there was always plenty to do. Col did a lot of the work around the plot - fencing, gardening, new soakaway. We had to look after the animals and I had to exercise the horses!

Col talking to the dogs with the kids watching and Bar One eating grass.	Family visitors always got roped in to help and Jim loved the dogs especially Jasper, the Great Dane.	We kept geese but I would not have had them again as they were very messy and bit.
Nearly all the pictures are in lovely sunny weather and most of the time it looks hot. These show a storm - lots of lightning and rain in bucket loads.
		Bar One says 'hello' to Katie.
The chickens were good fun. They ate the termites and they gave us eggs.	We did some planting too.