st James

St James beach day

On Friday it was such a hot day so we took the kids from Muizenberg Beach Club to St James to swim and bodyboard at the beach. We walked along the windy path right next to the ocean, called St James Walkway, and kept getting water splashed on us cause of the huge waves.

Phila

Phila

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Yamkela with his bodyboard

Asi striking a pose!

Asi striking a pose!

The beach was crowded but the boys didn’t care, they just jumped straight into the blue clear water. The guys were great at bodyboarding and caught every wave, laughing all the way into shore.

Frankie and Sya

Frankie and Siya

Waden

Waden

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Bodyboarding

To see the boys so happy whilst playing in the water made me think about how fortunate it is that we are able to take the boys to the beach. If we didn’t take them, they’d probably almost never get a chance to go to the beach and play in the waves like this. When they smile, you automatically find yourself smiling – my cheeks wore sore by the time we had to go back.

/ Freddie, volunteer from Sweden

Tidal Pools

Every fortnight new volunteers arrive, at the ready to help MBC. This week we welcomed two new volunteers and therefore decided to try a new activity. Along the beautiful Muizenberg-St. James coastal walk are tidal pools by the ocean, so we grabbed some wetsuits and went for a swim, snorkels in hand. After a tentative entry into very cold water, everyone was splashing about and trying to master the art of using a snorkel without breathing in half of the tide.
Eventually it became too cold and Wayden proceeded to teach us how to ‘skip stones’ by the pool edge. This is sg I’d never tried and managed to fail at miserably. It goes to show that it is not just the kids that are learning at MBC – we all learn and help each other.

- Dan Hughes, Worcester, GBIMG_5403