23 April We decided after not such a grand sleep (too much noise as you are located very close to the city centre) to move on to our next campsite. Martin had found out Trevor Savage was still at Ulusaba in Sabi Sands and he wanted to go and stay for a couple of nights to see him. So we made a booking for 28 & 29 April, so we are slowly making our way across to Kruger N.P. We had a heck of a slow journey up to our campsite Thaba Monate which is north of Pretoria. We hadn’t realized that it was a public holiday on Tuesday and a lot of people decided to take off the Monday and make a long weekend of it, so we found it very difficult to find any where to stay. We encountered road works through a lot of our journey which slowed us down considerably – in fact I think it added a good hour and half to the journey. We didn’t get into camp until about 6.15pm so had to set up in the dark. Then to boot it has rained all night!

24 April We woke up to rain so didn’t get out of bed until around 8am this morning. Make a quick check of the tent to get rid of any pockets of water and trying to stop any leaks. Had a lovely hot shower, made some breakfast and then Martin busied himself putting up new poles and ropes to try and keep the tent verandah tight so that the water doesn’t accumulate into pools. It is 11.30am and we are still getting rain, but hey it is winter (or rainy season) so what do you expect.

David, Julie & Helly we are really pleased that you finally made it home at last! Must have been a horrible drive from Rome - nevermind I hear the sun is shining so sit back, relax and maybe have a braai tonight! As for us I think it will have to be chilli con carne as its too wet to start the braai!

Hope ecveryone is fit and well. Love and huge hugs to all xxx