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A quiet day with a stroll around our complex looking at the bird life –

A rather lovely Fiscal flycatcher –

Then some of the grapes been brought in –

We then went off to the Morgenster winery for lunch –

Again lovely views from the dining area –

A day into Cape Town to firstly visit the Aquarium which is stunning. The size of some of the displays is awesome –

These are the height of 2 storeys –

The fish look so happy and content swimming around. Don’t feel as if some of theses are too happy keeping this shark company –

This is a frog fish – the thing on the left –

Here’s a few of the other exhibits –

The rare Knysna seahorses –

This is a whale skeleton mad out of plastic and plastic bottles reclaimed from the sea –

Rockhopper penguin –

What a difference a day makes. There were overnight storms with trees down and power outages – though we were ok. We had golf booked at Boschenmeer and dutifully went. It rained, was cold and I gave up after 13 holes due to depression. Gordon completed the course.

A visit to Slow Market just outside Stellenbosch this morning –

It’s one of those days –

Very windy but a lovely sunny day out –

Somebody had a birthday –

Then we went to a couple of bird reserves along the coast. 1st to False Bay Nature reserve Rondevlei – which cost 75p to enter 2 years ago and is now FREE – then to Zekoevlei Nature reserve. So a series of bird photos coming up –

Drove to just south of Stellenbosch to our home for the next 4 weeks –

Home to a winery and olive groves for their own oils and balsamic vinegar and also a stud farm.

Guarded by 2 of these –

And a group of these noisy geese –

The rear of our villa –

And then the front looking out onto the lawns –

And here’s our pool –

The stud horses look lovely with their foals –

The vines are looking very good against the backdrop of the mountains –

The grapes are producing a great crop this year –

And our local lake with a view of the breakfast room if wanted –

View of Table Mountain from the hotel window –

Part of the hotel was originally a prison –

Then down to the Waterfront or watch the seals sunbathing –

The views from the KLM flight through triple glaze windows was stunning of the Alps.

So beautiful with all the virgin snow.

The views of the Sahara Desert were incredible. We must have flown over it for nearly 2 hours –

Some of the sand dunes are majestic –

Then dotted about are little isolate settlements –

The sunset was amazing above the clouds –

Here’s a better picture if the Cromwell fruit –

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Our last full day so we headed for –

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Grand views –

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This is looking towards Mount Cook in the distance –

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Some nice properties along the edge of the course –

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A small person played very well and won!!!!

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Off to Arrowtown for our last night – An old gold mining settlement –

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Took this photo inside the bar we had tea at and everyone seems to have lost their heads –

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Nice motel –

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There were hundreds of bees on the lavender –

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An amazing sewing and patchwork shop –

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Memories of the UK –

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Now if I don’t get a chance to upload any photos tomorrow of Emirates lounged /food /etc see you all back in the UK.

Goodbye NZ – it’s been amazing –

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xx🐾