I don’t know about all of you, but this month I have almost had numerous heart attacks, had to take tranquilizers, and certainly done a couple of sleeping tabs!
This Rugby World Cup has been off the charts, my heart rate has been higher than it has ever been, and the booze cabinet has taken a serious pounding! By the time you read this we will be gearing ourselves up for the final tomorrow.
Thank heavens its now coming to an end, these late nights are taking their toll. Not sure what we will watch after this rugby fest, and it will be a big let-down once it is all over. Anyway, whatever the result we were treated to possibly the most incredible rugby that has ever been seen, skill levels that are quite extraordinary, analysis and tactics on another level, and genius from coaches and players unseen before – and the best game in history, ever (France vs South Africa)! What a fantastic couple of months we have had – but back to reality.
The sewage problem is still a problem and will not be fully solved until the infrastructure is improved and upgraded. I hear the Berlin housing development is continuing – I really do hope that that the municipality and Mopani district municipality get their ducks in a row before then with respect to the sewage and water infrastructure, otherwise we will be in it up to our noses!
But we have progressed with the Essex pump debacle (see the article by the Hoedspruit Chamber).
The Hoedspruit Private Hospital is also progressing at a fair tick, which is also mentioned in the Hoedspruit Chamber article.
My follow-up on Mark Montgomery’s frightening experience and subsequent hospitalisation after a crocodile attack (as reported), is a good one. He’s now back doing freelance work and has done some walking trails as well. He is still doing some therapy on some of his fingers, and finger joints. After the groin flap surgery (because of some necrotic meat on the one finger), which worked, but not 100%, Mark went to a Dr van Wyk in White River (as Mark terms him, a ‘stem cell doctor’). Within eight sessions, and three weeks later, there was a major improvement, and the wounds on the hand healed well. So, all looking good on the comeback trail! Well done, Mark.
The matrics are starting their exams soon – Kruger2Canyon News wishes them all well.
So, with nerves on a string, we go into the weekend with great hope that once again our boys can lift the trophy for a record fourth time! The pressure of the nation on this group of super heroes in unbelievable, and we just hope and pray that the exertion of the last two games (France and England) has not sapped the drive in the soul. We are all standing united egging them on.
Where are those tranquilizers!?
