Tuesday 21 March is Human Rights Day in South Africa. It's a public holiday. Spent the morning watching coverage of the Commonwealth Games. SAs doing alright. I've watched the highlights/condensed package on SABC2. Guess there's a bit of the old propaganda machine at play there - I'm sure we're not doing as well as expected when I consider that a couple of smaller nations are giving us carrots. Still, the commentators are happy and the team features in the medals table - so all is not bad.

Went for a cup of coffee (cuppaccino, one sugar (brown), froth not cream) at Truffles. Truffles is deli/eating place/restaurant that is a firm favourite in town. Very relaxed atmosphere, cool but homely decor, limited menu but really good food, stacks of magazines - some quite old and the option of sitting outside. Sitting outside at the moment is a bit of a no-go as the very hot summer is showing signs of abating. There's a cold front type thing on the way/passing through and the wind is a little chilly. Not that we mind. This part of the country gets winter rain so we're all looking forward to things greening up as we move into July.

Was trying to describe Truffles. It's in the old Fhk railway station. At the back it has a view (of sorts) of the mountains and the railway line. If it wasn’t for the houses and some other buildings that are there now, I might have said 'the mountains underlined by the railway line' some years ago. The whole place is to me the very embodiment of a funky, small town. Trouble is that Truffles as it is, will soon be no more. They close at the end of the month and the Info Centre will now be housed in this old building. Sad really. But I guess there is some merit in putting the Info Centre there. Hope they serve coffee.

Lunch has settled and we're waiting to go for a cycle in the nearby town of Paarl. Tracey and I started mountain biking just before moving down here in an attempt to get fit and make the most of the stunning outdoors in the Western Cape. So far so good. We have a couple of races under the belt, have hooked up with a great couple who are awesome cyclists (visit Geddan Ruddock's cycle shop in the main road if ever you're in town) who have shown us a couple of stunning routes in and around town. Will try to post some pics of us hitting the dirt at some stage - but need to shed a couple of kilos first.