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Today we drive to Shamwari Game Reserve. On the way these little rascals ran in the road in front of us. When you’re a teacher you’re always a teacher as together we chorused ‘It’s the three Billy Goats Gruff!’ We saw huge swathes of land covered in white plastic. In many cases they’d even passed…

You’ll be pleased to hear we got through the night – Sheila kept the hair dryer by the bed as it was the only implement in the room so at least she could blow dry any creepy crawlies to kingdom come.  Sue had bits of thatch dropping from the ceiling but no bugs.  Early morning…

You may be pleased that the blog is a little shorter today as we have again spent most of the day in the car.  The temps have been 30° plus all day but sadly you can’t tan through a car window!  We started with petrol filling and now have that down to a fine art…

So nice to have a 2nd night in the same hotel and be able to sort out the confusion that currently reigns in our suitcases!  When we arrived here in Plettenberg Bay they explained that we are in an officially declared drought region. One result of this is that we may take a short shower…

Before we start on today’s adventure you may have heard that South Africa has been suffering a series of wild fires. The vegetation etc is tinder dry and fires have raged for days . However, where we stayed last night is an area called Fynbos, an extraordinary eco system that actually needs big, hot wild…

Our car was delivered this morning and our road trip  began in glorious sunshine. Sheila thought she was driving the Garden Route but apparently, (thanks,know-all), that will begin once we get to Mossel Bay and we have a few detours to do on the way. Our Toyota  Urban Cruiser for the next 10 days. We’re…

Let’s start by saying it was a bad hair day! It can be pretty windy when you’re riding on the top of an open sided wine tram.  Today was all about wine, its history in the region, how the grapes are grown and produced but mostly about how it tastes. We left Cape Town early…

Our morning started with a selfie as we leave the view tomorrow. Today was a full on trip to  Cape Point and a Peninsula tour.  The drive takes you down the coast road accompanied by the  Atlantic Ocean.  We passed through several  small towns many with very, very (think £millions) high priced properties, many American…

Quite a sobering day all in today so a little light relief to begin.  Everywhere we go Sue gets picked out, ( most noticeable in Las Vegas when a half naked member from Magic Mike accosted her- she wasn’t complaining!), so no surprise when yesterday on the Waterfront at CT she was invited to show…

After a very smooth flight, over 11 hours when you do your best to sleep and end up having a series of naps, the air crew made it special with a Birthday Bottle of Champagne. Very kind.   As we left the plane, expecting the hot African sunshine we were greeted with grey heavy skies and…