New Year's Eve - Temperature 36C

Stompies isn't that a nicer word than butts. 

Well it has been a busy few days and one thing I have learned is that the brakes on the Mean Machine work very well, I went on a ghost walk tour with Ailsa in Prince Albert on Friday which finished at 8:15pm so it was just getting dark and I had a 120km drive back to Oudtshoorn, I was just getting into my stride travelling at the speed limit of 100kph when a Kudu minced across the road in front of me, the brakes stopped me hitting the animal but from  distance of about 12 feet it makes you realise how large these animals are.
I have been for a couple of local walks and today's was up to what I presume is the water tank on the western hillside above town, it was good to get some hills in before my leg muscles turn into knotted string but it was a little warm, thank goodness for the pool back at the B&B.
Yesterday was a bit of a fun admin day with visits to the farmers markets in George and Sedgefield, the latter is the best but I will have to learn how to use the video on my camera before my next visit to record the guys on point duty outside the market. I picked up some cheese, olives and pickled onions so lunch was a ploughman's. I also managed to get into the barbers before she shut at 12:30 and had an exorbitantly priced haircut for 50 Rand about £3.00 after that I booked a Stand up Paddleboarding (SUP) lesson for next Friday and then ignoring the option to go to Hoekwil for another portion of the best carrot cake in the whole world before wending my way home, I didn't want to enjoy myself too much!
The other day I went out with Joyrides which is similar to the bike-rafting trip I did in Tenerife but this time they dropped us off at the top of the Swartberg Pass and then we were on our own to make our way back to base. The trip down the pass was fun being all downhill but still a bit dodgy with the rough dirt surface, the hard work was the road trip back after hitting the tarmac, a total journey of 54kms and now I walk like John Wayne and don't sit down much either.
I have tried a number of restaurants in town and most are OK but the Santa Fe Spur is definitely the best for steaks in fact for all the grilled meat and at still less than a tenner for steak, chips, two beers and a generous tip how can you go wrong. I had a weird Spag Bol at one place, I think it was made with pure tomato puree and a huge amount of herbs, I certainly will not be trying that again.
Well time for lunch, I am going to try a padstall on the road out of town called Die Smitswinkle, it has received Marmite reviews on TripAdvisor so that should be fun.

As close as I could get to what I presume is a water tank/tower.

Looking east from the western water tower if you look carefully you can see the eastern water tower which is on the hillside above the B&B.