Guest Book

Hi Everyone,

Just a quick note to say thank you to all of you for reading the "Blog" and for leaving a message in the Guest Book, Melina, Laurence, Paul, Lynn and everybody it was so nice to read your messages. Hopefully in the new year we can have lots of posts from everyone, so email me at the gmail address and I will create a mailing list to let you all know when I update the blog.

Take Care

Love

RED

Greetings from Karen -15/12/06

Received an email from Karen with all her news, thought I would share it with all of you:

Hi,

We still at the office - hoping to get away next week.

Planning on going up to Quissico, Mozambique (about 500km north of Maputo) Is a piece of ground between the sea and lagoon - we have an old pop up caravan there and tents.

Is really 'primitive' - only a borehole/spring for fresh water - and have now dug a loo (long drop style) and made 'rural showers( reeds as the walls in a snail form (so cant look directly in) and then a bucket for the water!!!!

What is so wonderful is that we are the only ones for about 7km then is next neighbour who has a 4x4 campsite. also the last ones on this track. If walk along the beach is about 1 - 2 km along the coast to them. Is so great as is quiet and no 'modern' things. Can really relax and be disorderly without anyone raising eyebrows!!!

Gert was in Nigeria and Ivory Coast for 2 weeks. Was an exhibition in Abuja(nigeria). Says that this city zillion times better than lagos. He will have a hectic schedule early next year - to pemba), Quelimane, Nampula and Beira and the Maputo to install machines. He will be travelling by car - roads not always so good - so will be a 3 week trip This is Jan

Then in Feb - it is a round trip - Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi. Doing a presentation for swedish company. Again will be in car - so lots of kms and plenty border > officials. Cant remember what happening in march.

Kids all well - Both passed - Christoph now going to gr 11 (std 9) Markus going to gr 6(std4) . Markus nearly my height. Christoph is a bit taller than Butch - but don't think he will get much taller.

Can you believe it was a year ago that you were here!!!!! I cant...................... time just seem to go by so quickly....

Wish you a Merry Christmas and may 2007 be a good year!

Cheers

Karen

Merry Christmas

I just realised that all the schools in South Africa will have broken up by now, and most people will be taking or about to take their Annual summer vacation, so I thought I should put up a last post for all of you!

I just wanted to say that it has been great to get in touch of so many of the ex-premier people after all these years, I have spoken to either on email or on the phone Lucia, Charlie, Andre, Dave, Michelle this year after not hearing from them in almost 10 years. Don't be strangers now, I am hoping that a few people will email in some photographs in the new year and we can update the blog.

Kenny took some pictures at the Secret garden so as soon as he sends those over in January I will put them up, Karen sent in some news on ex-prems which I will put up soon as well, and Michelle sent some info.

So until then I'd like to wish everyone a very merry Christmas and a happy new year, lets hope that 2007 is a good year and we can create a few more ties. To all our regular ex-prem buddies thanks for all the emails, Pete hope to see you in Houston in July and you too Dave, if not in LA. Pierre looks like Jersey may have to wait another year, and all those in Oz may be another 2 years before we get there if not longer, but we're coming!

Till then, as David Gresham would have said "keep your feet on the ground, and reach for the stars" (no wise cracks from you, please Charlie!)