Can you believe that January has flown past and we're already substantially into February? Had I gone to St Helena I'd just be due home tomorrow and it had seemed such a long time! Still, it's been good to have a chance to catch up a bit in the office (notice the qualification of "a bit"). Health is continuing to improve and we've not had to put up with snow. Seems strange to have all those folk down south grinding to a halt and us sitting here in sunny Scotland wonderring what all the fuss is about!
I've got a group going to South Africa this afternoon and gather they've all made it to the airport and it doesn't look like there's going to be any disruption to their schedule which would be good. I would have loved to have gone on that tour with them but all the accommodation was full. Probably common sense would have got the better of me as well - there's so much to do here.
No sooner is one tour away than we're thinking about the next. And so it is that we've already come up with a new date for South Africa - next November. What a wonderful month to get away from the UK and soak up a bit of sunshine, to say nothing of experience what I think is one of the most wonderful countries in the world. The birds and wildlife are fantastic, the people lovely and the food and wine ..... well! It's one of those places from which I get withdrawal symptons if I don't go there often enough.
You'll notice I've used a penguin photo. Not everyone associates South Africa with penguins - we assume they stick to colder climes - but there's a terrific colony of African Penguins just outside Cape Town - some live on Robben Island as well.
Now I'd better stop thinking about South Africa and concentrate on the next job!
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