Part 2 of whatever Part 1 was called

So, where were we? As far as I remember, I had just crushed Wet and Wild.

Next up was sightseeing and shopping.

Prior to the actual shopping I needed some fortification.

The shopping was so-so. We looked for handbags - not for me, of course. I already have one. For my daughter. The best were at Guess. R 500. This took our breath away so we walked around for a while, negotiated pocket money and parental contributions, took a deep breath to replenish what had been taken away (read the start of the sentence) and went back into the shop. Here we discovered a slight problem. The handbag didn't cost R 500, the silk scarf tied to the strap cost R 500. The handbag was so expensive that I passed out.

Luckily I recovered and managed to buy some matching tangerine climbing outfits for Roger and myself.

We shall be wearing them on our boven road trip in November,

From there, we went to the airport to pick up my girlfriend who had just jetted in. Do people still jet in? Or did they stop doing that 3 decades ago?

The weekend that followed was awesome: Karkloof Canopy Tour (do it), more Wet and Wild (the water activity in Durban) and the bakery in Howick. It is the best bakery ever. Lemon tarts and the Religieuse top the must-eat list.

At some point I did The Godfather on a freezing day and then the day before we left onsighted Nothing Heals Like Cold Steal. Brilliant. Roger was belaying and so I couldn't really fail. At some point I departed from the approved sequence and headed out onto some rather silly crimps but realised I was in no-mans land and got back to a jug and pulled things together. Umgeni. Best crag in the country.

In the photo below, Roger is refusing to wear his tangerine kit.