The Travels & Travails of Sir Bobalot
Open archive for Sir Bobalots friends, family & aquaintances. Feel free to join in or leave feedback.
The aim is a simple & straight forward one. Documenting & sharing the memories.
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Ruined Ankle II – the latest news from a rainy Cape Town. Scanned again today and the doctor and I feel quietly positive for the future. Google+
Sir Bobalot’s list of Cape Winter Restaurant Deals/Specials – By Far the best time to eat in this godforesaken city. In order to receive any of these special deals you must present an acceptable post dinner artform at the end of your meal. Downloadable here. SPOTLIGHT OFFERS Borracho’s Mexican Restaurant – Order any main meal [...]
A valid Post-dinner artform? The debate about whether this soy sourcery should be included in the post dinner artform archives will rage long after Bob has bobbed off. My wife was strongly against me posting this as a Post Dinner Artform due to it actually being a mid meal affair. After long & hard deliberation [...]
At the height of World War II on April 6th, 1943, British Ambassador to Moscow, Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, wrote a letter to Foreign Office minister Lord Reginald Pembroke in an effort to simply brighten up his day. We think it helps to read most Fridays to warm the heart when life seems a little [...]
A cold ‘Weekend’ morning in Cape Town saw Brick & Jemma husbands don their wet suits and brave the shark infested waters. We salute the effort shown to come out here and your love of catching the big one. Brydon & Russell looked like the emaciated Saffas that they are in comparison with these two [...]
Slightly stuck in a loop I need help with. Realised tonight that I like lemons but I really like limes I already realised I like condiments but I really like mayonnaise but now I seek to define myself I like travel but love a good adventure …. Rephrasing as … I like travel but really [...]
Fear not, the morphine has now subsided and with a clear head and the promise of chocolate later, I finally get to pen my thoughts on the South African medical system and the Karma Bunny. The Karma Bunny is not mine – I simply write about him on behalf of my cousin, the youthful Michael [...]
So just back from a day or so in the hospital having had a combination of nurses, general anaesthetic, morphine, chilled chicken curry and surgery. I woke yesterday afternoon at about five after surgery with a gaggle of nurses showing me photos of shark teeth imprints on my left ankle. Little idiot me thought that [...]
We take our lives in our hands every day. Tennis on Sunday culminated in the “sprain of the left ankle with syndesmosis injury and widening of the distal tibia / fibula”. Surgery on Wednesday and tennis again in six months. Arse – for more information look at this article. Google+
A simply delightful weekend spent in Glasgow for Linda & Mikey’s Wedding. Commentary to follow but photos and a couple of videos attached in the short term. Highlights have to include the Gregor Aitken speech, Tammy Aitken’s warmup session and the smooth & assured dance steps of Andrew Aitken. We liked the Moorpark House venue [...]