An interesting few days.

We are now in Montagu on the edge of the Little Karoo and the weather has changed, not quite long trousers but blissfully cool after the last few days.

I have enjoyed the last four days at Friedenhof the location is midway between the winelands of Stellenbosch and Cape Town itself, I did try to pay a visit to Cape Town but traffic has increased hugely since my last visit here two years ago so I gave up that thought and went to Groot Constantia for a few bottles of my favourite Cabernet Sauvignon and then went to have a look at Century City - bad mistake, it is retail hell with over four hundred retail outlets but I did find an excellent samosa shop and the tourist information office. It was very crowded so much so that I now do not believe that there is a recession here in South Africa.

Friedenhof was a quaint little place, there were chickens and LOUD roosters and six dogs who defended the boundaries vociferously, I also had a male secretary bird who practised his display routines whilst  was breakfasting on my patio.

My room is on the left