the cape doctor ..
Unseasonable weather continues; nearly every day for a week, we have had the “South-easter” blowing, moderately in the morning, increasing to a full gale each afternoon, and often lasting well into the night. Trying to walk even a short distance in it is problematic; the gusts will actually snatch your foot as you take a step and cross it behind your other ankle; spectacles blow off your face -- in fact while holding mine on, my clip-on sunglasses were repeatedly blown off my spectacles ... all while struggling to walk in a straight line, to walk at all upwind, and not to be forced into a run while heading downwind. Apparently it’s not supposed to be like this in summer. The weather forecast usually predicts “a moderate breeze” for Cape Town; I’ve no idea where they are measuring that. It may, however, explain why we are so little troubled with mosquitos so far. Any that are bold enough to get airborne will immediately be snatched out into Table Bay at around fifty kilometres an hour.
