.: Big Bay Saturday

We needed another quick and safe escape from home and the day was really lovely for mid winter
so we headed off to Big Bay on the Blouberg shore of Table Bay for a bite of lunch

Ice cold beers!

We picked Mozambik on the seafront as we had a very good experience of their food a few years ago
when we were in Ballito in Natal for a week
They have since spread down the coast and we had heard very good reports of their food. The menu has many delights

and more

John chose the 200g rump steak with the MozBBQ glaze and some superb crisp chips
Yes breaking our Banting diet for the day

Lynne decided to have two starters which were the combo of tender baby calamari with hot and spicy Peri peri chicken livers, absolutely divine. And one we had in Ballito and never forgot, the Prawn Bilene: 6 large peeled prawns in a creamy garlic, feta and cheddar cheese sauce. We will forgive them for not putting it under the grill this time, they were very busy. It's a lovely dish. Sadly, Lynne had to break her diet too, as the sauces did need mopping up with just one of the Portuguese rolls. The other roll was donated to someone in need

Our bill. Our Zimbabwean waiter Ngoni was superb

and entertainment on the beachfront by these roving acrobats

Time to walk off lunch, so down to the beach

This skilled pilot was doing what looked very risky manoeuvres out over the sea, obviously practicing
He went straight up then did a flip turn and came straight back down again! Over and over again. Hairy to watch

The Cape in all its glory on a good warm Champagne day in late winter with temperatures up to about 23ºC

Surf's up

Coming straight down!

A microlight with 2 passengers over the beach. Not enough wind for sail gliders that day

Lots of people in the water, most in wet suits

An old familiar sight on Cape Town beaches is the Ice cream man with his bell to tell you he is approaching
It was heavy work pushing the card in the soft sand