Cathie Rooyen
Settling
Thursday 18th May 2023 I've been in this town of Hartlepool, a week today and it feels like five minutes. I've been sleeping well, I've...
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Cathie Rooyen
May 17, 20232 min read
Keep my hat on
Wednesday 17th May 2023 A year ago today, I landed in London for my 'first middle age gap year' and stayed in the Youth Hostel across...
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Cathie Rooyen
May 16, 20232 min read
Reflecting on health
Tuesday 16th May 2023 My daily calendar is very confused. Today was Wednesday and I spent a lot of the early morning looking at jobs...
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Cathie Rooyen
May 15, 20231 min read
Walks and blooms
Monday 15th May 2023 We went for a long walk this afternoon. The sun was out and although the wind was still rather cool by South African...
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Cathie Rooyen
May 14, 20231 min read
Yorkshire pudding
Sunday 14th May 2023 Today was almost a pj day. We did get a shower but it stayed a day of chilling and chatting which is what I needed....
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Cathie Rooyen
May 13, 20232 min read
Sunshine on Saturday
Saturday 13th May 2023 I slept in! That's unusual for me nowadays but after getting up at 6am for the loo I realised that I was still...
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Cathie Rooyen
May 12, 20232 min read
A chilly buzz
Friday 12th May 2023 Fake Thursday for me - losing a day in transit, haha. But I slept well apart from a leg cramp waking me up around...
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Cathie Rooyen
May 11, 20232 min read
Gratitude trip
Thursday 11 April 2023 Thursday, Thursday, Thursday... I have keep repeating the day because my day of transit made a day disappear,...
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Cathie Rooyen
May 10, 20232 min read
Bonnie totsiens
Wednesday 10th May 2023 Well, I'm all checked in at the airport and had a supper of fish fingers while I charge my phone. It all still...
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Cathie Rooyen
May 9, 20232 min read
Migration eve
Tuesday 9th May 2023 The big chill continued today although the sun did come out and made everything look cheerful. I had an early hair...
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Cathie Rooyen
May 8, 20232 min read
Brrr!
Monday 8th May 2023 Lots of rain fell throughout the night with some thunder in between and when I woke properly at 6am, it was pouring...
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Cathie Rooyen
May 7, 20232 min read
Travel privilege
Sunday 7th May 2023 I woke up to Johannesburg Winter. The wind was howling (Jhb style -not Cape style) and an icy breeze was a quite a...
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Cathie Rooyen
May 6, 20231 min read
Suburban Saturday
Saturday 6th May 2023 I woke up late with Josh Groban trying to 'raise me up' in my head. I was surprised when I realised the time and...
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Cathie Rooyen
May 5, 20232 min read
Friends and Friyay!
Friday 5th May 2023 Today was a stunning day, even with icky traffic from 3 accidents involving taxis in each of them. I was meeting...
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Cathie Rooyen
May 4, 20232 min read
You're the voice...
Thursday 4th May 2023 Well today was such an exhilarating, exciting day that I'd almost been keeping to myself. A couple of weeks back,...
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Cathie Rooyen
May 3, 20232 min read
Johannesburg rush...
Wednesday 3rd May 2023 I finally figured out the correct pillow combination at long last, lol. So I slept well apart from the thunder...
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Cathie Rooyen
May 2, 20232 min read
A bundle of joy
Tuesday 2nd May 2023 A restless night had me up early when sister was making sure she could dry her hair before the power cut at 6am. I...
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Cathie Rooyen
May 1, 20231 min read
Memory flash
1st May 2023 It was 1987 and I was a excited 20 year old, I boarded a KLM plane to set out on my gap year. I sold my old faithful Datsun...
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Cathie Rooyen
Apr 30, 20231 min read
Clearing up
Sunday 30th April 2023 That's it. The last day of April. Done, finish, klaar, finito. That leaves me 10 days before I jet north for the...
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Cathie Rooyen
Apr 29, 20232 min read
Mushy feels
Saturday 29th April 2023. At 5.30am, I heard Harley, the Labrador, bark and I'd had enough of trying to sleep so I got up to let him go...
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