Category: Cape to Cape

Nottingham, England, United Kingdom 13 October 2013 Well, dear Reader. That, as they say, is that. They think it’s all over. It is now. No more blog you’ll be pleased to hear. Hope you’ve enjoyed armchair travelling with me and reading the daily digest along with seeing the photos? I know some of you like… Read more

Nottingham, England, United Kingdom 12 October 2013 Sunrise over France. Land at Heathrow. Cold. Wet. Grey. Windy. Miserable. Welcome back to Britain. It’s a scrum to catch the underground transfer train to another part of Terminal 5. Cramped conditions. Cattle are treated better. Unable to Fast Track through Immigration, even though I have the appropriate… Read more

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa 11 October 2013 Weather has deteriorated since the fantastic blue skies of Wednesday. It’s been a leisurely couple of days since completing the Cape to Cape trip. So nothing of interest to report. Apart from meeting WAMC for a very enjoyable dinner last night. He’d just had a meeting… Read more

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa 9 October 2013 For expediency and ease have booked an arranged tour to the Cape of Good Hope. Saves a lot of faffing on my part. Have queried with the concierge why the tour doesn’t have a bullet point for Cape of Good Hope on the list of excursion… Read more

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa 8 October 2013 Wake at 0300hrs. Oh. My. God. I’m. Dying. Severe chest pains. It’s a heart attack. I’m too young to die. Aaaarrrggghhh. Spend the next hour thinking this is it. Until I realise it’s acute indigestion. That’s what happens when you eat late. And perhaps slightly over… Read more

Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa 7 October 2013 Dream that I was on a bus transferring to the Blue Train but rucksack was on another bus going elsewhere. Racing about after it. The sort of dream you actually think is real. Weird. Wake up and check rucksack is still where it was. It is. Final… Read more

Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa 6 October 2013 Return to Pretoria. It’s only when the hotel address is plugged in that realise it’s a few hundred yards from the British High Commissioner’s residence where we were last night. Back the way we came. WAMC drops me off and returns to Bryanston for his family BBQ with… Read more

Bryanston, Gauteng, South Africa 5 October 2013 My host is hosting Prince Edward this weekend as part of the Duke of Edinburgh Awards Scheme. Which in South Africa is called the President’s Award. To make it less colonial. Wander around Sandton whilst WAMC has a meeting with Prince Edward this morning. Majority of international businesses… Read more

Bryanston, Gauteng, South Africa 4 October 2013 I was treading on dead rats whilst walking around the Soweto shanty town the other day. Now there’s champagne and canapes, tea and scones and coffee and biscotti on offer. Visiting the private 7 acre Italienate Garden of St Christopher. A charity open garden day in the white… Read more

Bryanston, Gauteng, South Africa 3 October 2013 Woken in the early hours by the platform tannoy at Germiston station. Not sure if I’m dreaming but would swear they were saying “Whisky Alpha…….Whisky Alpha……” over and over again. Maybe it’s a tannoy test along the lines of “One….two…..one….two…”?? Woken again in the early hours, about 0500hrs,… Read more