17.30

Yesterday provided only a brief respite from the awful weather. Only another hour before we leave for Stellenbosch and the conference dinner at Spier, and the rain is lashing down, and the wind howling!

Apparently Cape Town has received over 3 times its average rainfall for the whole month already, and it is only the 10th!

We have never experienced weather like this in Cape Town in our many visits over the years.