Ta..da..daa daaaaaa
All sorted out and passport back in my hands.
I did my last training climb of Table Mountain yesterday as well as to re-work in my hiking boots. The mountain put on a beautiful scene, with the perfect table cloth. However, this did mean the top was covered by a moist cloud and very high winds. The siren blew as I reached the summit, meaning the cable car would cease operations in 15 minutes. My knees complain too much on climbing down these days so I had to rush across to the top station to get the 2nd last car down. On the road below, I met a nice family from Brisbane here on holiday. On the penultimate climb last Friday, I guided a group of English tourists up the mountain...2 girls 17 days into a 7 month backpacking trip around the world and an older man teaching in Chile. However, one of the girls asked if I had any snacks as she was feeling faint. On asking if she was diabetic, she replied that she often feels faint....and here was a situation where there was not an item of food between the 3 of them, attempting to climb up 1000 metres past warning signs about the dangers of using this particular route. I gave her half my lunch ( an apple ) ...the mind just boggles.
Driver's licence renewal forms with all the required statutory witnessed documents ( by a local police officer ) , photos and money are on their way to Brisbane. Let's see how smoothly this one goes!!
Will collect a new camera tomorrow.
