Sailing with the Cape winds

All work and no play makes Jilly a silly girl - so this Jilly is counting the sleeps to her playtime before she goes truly dilly.

- CARINE HARTMAN

Where else but in the fairest Cape can a woman find "sailor energy" so called in the family after my last visit when a tattooed seafarer settled my R700 bill with the sweep of his card while I was still making sums about a tip.

I never found out his name and, even constantly looking over my shoulder, I never again spotted him.

But I thank him for more than saving me hundreds - he set the tone for the visit: us girls hardly touched our purse strings eating or drinking for nearly two weeks.

And I met sailor energy in person.