I realised when I took off from Cape Town that I had used that airstrip 6 times in the past week - for the Thunder City jet fighter experience, to & from Bushman's Kloof ... and of course to & from London. But I managed to fulfil the main criteria of the show and NOT film Cape Town city ... but the rest of the "Western Cape" ... but actually, I am not sure anything in the city could really have trumped my hotel choices anyway ...
The weather, by the way, was more spring than winter! Only one day of real rain ... rest was warm & sunny! Even the day of the low cloud!
Yesterday was a blast. First up - Fantastic Racing - basically zooming around the Killarney race track (that hosted F1 in the 1950's) - in a very fast single-seat sports car. Of course, I was given a full lesson by the resident pro Paul Simon but to be on the track by myself, hurtling down straights and bends at 150 mph was ... rather fun!
From there - Jeremy - our superb guide - got us back to the hotel for a cooking feature. The 12 Apostles exec chef Roberto de Carvalho cooked up grilled ostrich with rice. Ostrich is basically the healthiest meat on the market - 1% fat content - lovely stuff. Roberto had marinated the meat ... it was yum ... perfectly done ... !
After receiving a large farwell bag of Jelly-Tots we got to the airport, on the plane and endured a 12-hour flight to London with the airline who's motto SHOULD be " ... we are not happy, until you are not happy ..."!
A quick list of thank-yous now ... the lovely Radiefa at Cape Town Routes Unlimited (http://www.tourismcapetown.co.za/) for providing us Jeremy! He's a total dude and a number one choice for guide on any trip to the Western Cape ... Jeremy Flowerday & Adre Nel at the 12A for looking after us like family ... indeed the whole staff at 12A, the staff at Bushman's Kloof (especially Jacques) and of course La Residence. Tim, James and myself all feel we have a new family in South Africa! Also there's Alfa Romeo - Christa Harley - who let me play with the new Mito for the week (Tim said that it grew on him!) ...
SO - the trip! Very, very, VERY hectic & busy but in the light of day, one of the best ... primarily because of the warmth of the people we met. Yes, the scenery is lovely .. the food, wonderful and the wine, superb BUT it's the people I will remember the longest!
The boys - James & Tim - of course & as ever - were on top form and we laughed so much on this trip that on one occasion both of them were crying. Something to do with way I styled my hair ...
Song of the Day: Smooth Operator - Sade
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efdfGeUKXuU
Weather: Cold & dark (flight) ... but now warm & sunny (hotel)
roberto the ostrich chef
the only CT shot
end of the show photo 
