Our delicious dinner was  lovingly served by Anelia, Johann and staff of Cluster d'Hote. Ian and Aiza were singled out to share the two-seater - after all they were the only married couple on tour.   What a very special restaurant this is.  Trish and Maureen show their appreciation.

Next morning Dave O'Hearn boarded our coach and took us on an awesome visit to SALT.  He made the 'place come alive'  - asking for questions and we had a good laugh about 'the difference between astronomy' and 'astrology'.  Who asked the question?!

Here we all wait to go up the stairs to the actual SALT telescope for a "Site Visit".  In the afternoon we did a Museum tour with Jannie
Du Plessis the most gentle man many of us have met.  Having lived in Sutherland for many years, he is on the museum committee and works for the local church.  As can be seen from the above photo the cold wind started to blow - but everyone was well prepared and Ian decided Joanne needed a cuddle as she had left her jacket at the guest house.

That night saw us up at the SALT visitors centre to view the night stars.  They open the roof and set up their large telescopes - boy was it cold!  Unfortunately the clouds rolled in - our bottle of sherry was finished - and our legs frozen, so it was decided to 'call it a night' and close the roof.

Dinner was at Pearlman House (definitely not as good as Cluster D'Hote!). After a warm drink, Yvonne, Joanne and Aiza 'toasted life" and the fact that we were now called the BEANIE BABES FROM CAPE TOWN.  Sybil, Carol and Alice kept their coats on for quite a while in the pub before dinner.  This cold weather chills you right through all the layers of clothing - takes ages to warm up!