The Old Candle Factory

A wonderful Jo'burg thunderstorm is pouring soft rain on the road to the airport. I am flying home on Virgin Airways with a suitcase full of stories and pictures ready to share with YOU. Mike and Jeanette picked me up in their Rolls Royce yesterday and drove straight to a wonderful restaurant which had kept a parking space for us right outside. Once Jeanette had parked the Silver Spirit neatly we emerged from this grand old Lady to applause from both sides of the street as the open air diners showed their admiration of Jeanette's fine arrival in such style. I last drove this car in UK when this adventurous couple drove from Cape Town to London!! Click HERE. Enormous thanks for all your hospitality - very welcome and appreciated as I climb down from my 6 week 'High' and make my way home.

We shall all enjoy looking at each other's photos once we're back in Blighty. Here's a taster from Adam's camera taken at Africa House on a LOOOOOONG tether before releasing the rope and flying free. Another shot from Adam's camera of us inside the balloon before inflating and flying.

Time to head home now. The balloon's packed and will be shipped soon. Very much a feeling of 'end of term' as everyone tries to remember everything they should. It will be a strange feeling coming home to a big pile of mail - but also a broadband connection so I shall post more pictures and stories. Watch this space!!!!! Tourist!

3 glorious flights in Namibia...one at 30kts! Back in Windhoek now absolutely exhausted. More tomorrow..... Landed in a tree this morning - hilarious!! Here's a couple of images of the balloon taken by the lads. The trouble with being in it all the time, I never get a chance to take a picture of it! The 2nd flight over Namibia was the best of the lot. 30knots at 6,000 feet and the film taken from the plane was spectacular. I cannot wait until september - the transmission date. This shot is taken after the night inflation. Goodness know what the nearby Zebra and Oryx thought of the great big light in the sky.