As the day was glorious weatherwise, we made a point of grabbing this opportunity to go to Table mountain. Evidently, the winds were so bad yesterday, that the mountain was closed.

When we arrived, we were faced with a VERY long line, but it moved quickly and efficiently and soon we were ushered onto a rotating cable car. It was great except during the trip down the woman behind me felt she had to hold on to the rail at my neck level. Now, the floor moves, so as the cable car rotated, slowly choked the life from me, before I extricated myself. I asked her to not hold on and got a dirty look, and she continued to try to hold on and strangle me. It was so packed, I couldn't move. However, it was all worth the pain, even though this vacation almost came to a quick end. There are lovely scenic walking paths and you can see for miles. It was a delightful couple of hours.

Ray, Penny, Doug and I took a cab (70 rand) from the mountain directly to Cape Grace. Our bags were transported from Bishop's Gate. We were met in the lobby by the LCT greeting committee. Soon, at first there were 17 of us and we went down to lunch together. We were joined by Al and Betty and Olivia and Joanna, so the numbers increased slightly.

After much laughter and sun, we all dispersed about 5. Ngaire is expected shortly and Arlene wants a group of us to greet her (as the last arrival) and tell her she is eliminated. Another idea is to tell her this is a non-elimination round and she has to give us all of her bags and money. We'll see if we can round up a crowd.

Some folks are going up to unpack and relax, others are going to visit Table mountain and others are still chatting. Doug and I are on the internet.

We're all meeting in the restaurant, Watership One at the Conservatory. Not sure if Colonel Mustard or Miss Peacock will join or not....