First day in Cape Town was glorious blue sky but it wasn’t to last. Visited the V&A Waterfront and all its shopping malls. We remained in Cape Town for a couple of days getting the camera fixed and catching up on things.
Then went out of Cape Town to Stellenbosch for a couple of days/nights and visited (surprise, surprise!) a few vineyards, Neethlingshof, Vredeheim, Kanu and Delheim. Tasted and purchased what we liked (which is now disappearing…). The Beard went in Stellenbosch (ever tried shaving with some swiss-army knife scissors gents? Not recommended!!). Called in at the flying club to try and get an aviation fix but not much doing. On from Stellenbosch to Paarl and Franschoek, the former not too exciting the latter perhaps too touristy.
Then went onto Hermanus our most Southerly point in Africa where we saw quite a few Southern Right Whales from the shore. Weather not too good so no good photos I am afraid. Then back to Cape Town (in the rain!), realising there was a leak that is not too serious with the power steering that we need to fix at some point. Land Rover Stellenbosch were very helpful but didn’t have the part we needed so will have to phone ahead to get it on order.
Went to the gardens at Kirstenbosch part of which were shrouded in cloud! But interesting to see the South African flora and not too crowded out of season. Long to get back to wilder Africa… We have booked up reserves/camps in Botswana.