Miss Rhead writes...
We were delighted to awake to perfect weather conditions this morning, which meant we could proceed with plan A - our ascent of Table Mountain. It was another early start with our day sacks packed full of essentials as we headed to the base of the mountain. Miss Rhead and the three casualties took the less energetic option and headed for the revolving cable car for their trip to the top. Having admired the stunning, panoramic views, we took a gentle stroll around the forty-five minute middle distance route on the plateau and then waited for the rest of the squad who were walking up.
Led by experienced guides, the rest of the group began the hike to the summit, 1086m above sea level. It was a reasonably strenuous walk, with some pretty steep sections but the stunning views made it all worth while.
We had a group photo at the top and then enjoyed lunch in the mountain top cafe before all taking the cable car down. The staff then had another surprise in store as we headed to the famous Newlands stadium where we were able to watch The Sharks v Western Province. It was a very competitive match with The Sharks narrowly winning 21-20 having taken the lead with just two minutes remaining on the clock.
Once back our hotel, we were given an hour of downtime before turning our thoughts to dinner. We took a brief stroll into town but couldn't find anywhere nearby that was able to cater for a party of 27 so we headed back to the hotel and put together an impressive Asian takeaway order with approximately 70 dishes ordered. Dinner was very welcome and was perfectly timed to be delivered in time to watch Argentina v South Africa on the TV.
We hope the boys will then be heading to bed, because tomorrow is our final match of the tour and it would be great to end with a victory as well as showing what we have learnt so far.