an eagles eye view of the festivities around the Old Harbour, Hermanus during the weekend's Whale Festival. Ranjit, our "adopted" Indian son was amazed that we could set out for a 120km journey and expect to take less than two hours travel, especially with stops, and then still come back the same distance. The difference of our national roads to those of Northern India is quite marked, even in the area around New Delhi. The intensity of the myriad of different forms of road transport and the sheer volume of traffic on the roads in India means that travel is of neccesity very slow. We had a wonderful day spotting whales - there were at least 10 pods in easy spotting distance. We saw two whales jump right out of the water landing with an enormous splash and the sound of thunder. We had a wonderful meal looking out over the Bay and then headed for home again, stopping at a Farm Stall where the people and the homemade produce was just as varied and good as it had been four years ago, the last time John and I had been that way. We used to go nearly every weekend when my parents were ill and living in Hermanus, but now that they are both dead, we seem to have taken home roots. So it was good to uproot and find our selves out and about again