We arrived at Heathrow a few minutes early and took the long walk and bus transfer to terminal 2. We had to go through security again and bizarrely they had to open up the duty free to check the whisky that Ady had bought her dad. Our flight to Manchester left about half an hour…
Our last day. We packed up our stuff and went to the shop to pick up some fish spread for Chris. We headed over to Susan’s to drop off our left over food and to check in online. We then went to Muizenberg beach for a quick sand blasting, before giving up and sitting on…
We stopped off at the Rhodes Memorial. We then tried to go on the cable car up Table Mountain, but the queues were so long that we decided not to bother. Instead we went to Cape Castle and looked around there. The castle was started in 1666 by the Dutch and continued to be modified…
Merry Christmas! We spent a relaxing day with Geila who is a friend of James who is a friend of Sue. We had prawn cocktail, turkey, gammon, pigs in blankets and salad followed by Christmas pudding with brandy butter, custard and cream, chocolate mouse and ice cream. It rained most of the day so we…
We went to Hout Bay and bought a few bits from the markets before grabbing an early lunch. We took a boat trip out to seal island (Duiker island), where there are dozens of cape fur seals. The island has mostly young males, but there were also a few females with pups. The trip continued…
We had planned to go to Oudekraal beach, however on the way there it started raining so we parked up just south of Camps Bay and ate our picnic lunch in the car. We could see a number of seals on the rocks offshore. We spoke briefly to a couple from Bournemouth who parked next…
Ady drove us round the scenic Chapman’s Peak Drive, stopping at various points along the way to take photos. We carried on to Hout Bay and had lunch there from one of the little cafés selling the freshly caught fish. Snoek and chips times two! We watched the seals in the harbour. We had a…
We took a drive down to boulders beach to see the penguins and then drove on a bit further to find a spot to eat our picnic lunch. We carried on down the coast and into Cape Point natural park. We did the short walk up to Cape Point lighthouse, bought some souvenir fridge magnets…
Susan drove us to the food lover’s market in Tokai where we stocked up on a few groceries and then to Muizenberg beach for a walk and ice cream. We went back to Susan’s for lunch and then headed round the corner to Ash and Broc – our holiday cottage for the week. On the…
After checking out we drove to Paarl mountain nature reserve. We dropped in to the information office by the braai area and bought a map. We took the lady’s advice and had a short walk around the garden before driving up to the rocks. Ady and I both walked onto the first one and admired…