(written on Friday 13th April)
Wednesday
We left the sub-tropical heat of St Lucia (before the monkeys turned nasty…) and headed South to the shopping mecca that is ‘Gateway’ in N. Durban. Having 2 males in our midst, any browsing time was seriously restricted but L,R and I did manage to return there later to catch a movie – ‘Music & Lyrics’ (the latest Hugh Grant offering), which is surprisingly good actually…
Thursday (& Friday)
After spending the night in Umhlanga, we headed past my house to the hills, stopping briefly at the rather small ‘Hilton Railway Museum’. There was something for everyone there, Dad is a veteran at trains, but these could be the first steam engines with added monkey fun… Following that, we drove up through beautiful valleys into the Drakensberg. Well, the valleys were beautiful, I’ve seen them before, but all we could see yesterday was the deepening fog! Eventually we arrived at the valley resort where we are staying.
It’s in the middle of nowhere, freezing cold and, after the heat of last week, everyone is struggling somewhat. This kind of place would be fantastic in the heat of summer, we’re surrounded by mountains (mostly covered by mist as I write) and there are wild birds a-plenty around the lake near the raised log cabins. Bleak, a bit like North Wales.
There really is little to do in Southern Drakensberg but hike… and it’s raining, so we won’t be doing much of that. We’ve investigated Underberg and visited the animals at a nearby farm and curio shop… Everyone is looking forward to the weekend when we get back to the beach!
