I thoroughly enjoyed the braai at Alan & Gail's house. Grant picked me up after university and we met Alan, Gail, Granny Rex and Grant's girlfriend Tracey for a wonderful dinner that consisted of plenty of 'braai vleis'. There was lots of red wine, boerewors, steak, chops and salad to go around. The best part about it though was seeing family that I hadn't seen in a while and sharing lots of laughs together, most of which were to the expense of my dad I must ...

Our flight to S.A was on Spanish airline Iberia. We flew from London to S.A via Madrid. We had a 5 hour wait in Madrid before our 1.30 a.m departure to Johannesburg. We grabbed some cheap dinner and then tried to catch a bit of sleep at the airport. The armrests on the seats prevented us from enjoying any kind of comfort so we ended up on the floor as a last resort. We used 2 jerseys as pillows and lay on my suit so that we didn't permanently damage our tailbones...