Author Archives: Digby Young

22nd May 2012 A historical day indeed! Spacex launched the first commercial payload towards the International Space Station. (ISS), and I transported my first truly Agricultural load in my second hand Bakkie. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted the Dragon cargo … Continue reading →

Monday 21st May 2012 I’m getting used to changing three times a day. The night temperature is gradually dropping lower and lower, but if it isn’t raining, the middle of the day can still be sweltering. Much as I like … Continue reading →

Sunday 13th May 2012 Although my last post is dated Wednesday 2nd May, that was the day I started it – then took nearly a week to write it, while doing add jobs around the place. Making a rustic doormat … Continue reading →

Wednesday 2nd May 2012 I’m afraid I’ve decided to postpone Today until Tomorrow… That’s a rather drastic step, which I hope doesn’t inconvenience too many people unduly, but I have my reasons. I arrived back in Tesselaarsdal on Tuesday, which … Continue reading →

I’ve been back in Johannesburg for three weeks already, and should be booking my flight back… that won’t happen until after Easter, so I might as well console myself with memories of the last week at Boggy Pond Continue reading →

It took a while to get some order in my life again after the fire. Both the cabin and the workshop were of course in a shambles and would have to stay that way… Continue reading →

A quiet week-end turns into three days of tension and exhaustion as a brush fire sweeps back and forth through the valley several times as the wind changes. Some of the community rallies round to help, while others gawp and simply watch our efforts to save the town. Continue reading →

29th January 2012 (Written Sunday morning) Dull days, Saturdays.. shopping, laundry, finishing leftover jobs. Until I heard the sound of a helicopter for the second time in a week.  Odd to hear any aircraft at all here, so I went … Continue reading →

29th January 2012 Seven weeks after I ordered a 25 litre drum of wood preservative, it finally arrived. Off-the-shelf wood preservatives have two great disadvantages: they generally are only available in small “home – handyman” sizes of up to five … Continue reading →

23rd January 2012 Only just – the 23rd, that is, because it is late, but I’ll get to today even later. It has been a fairly uneventful week at Boggy Pond – mainly because I spent Wednesday to Friday of … Continue reading →