Weekend in Cape Town

Barbara and I arrived in Cape Town mid-day on Friday, by British Airways from Heathrow.  Twenty four hours later Jon arrived, by Turkish Airlines from Luxembourg via Istanbul, closely followed by Amanda and two of her friends from the Helford Rowing Club. They took the long route from Heathrow by Ethiopian Airlines, via Addis Ababa. So, all in place for the week's conferences at the Vineyard Hotel and on Saturday evening we all got together for a fine meal at the excellent Belthazar Restaurant on the Waterfront.

Today has been cool and cloudy, but it was good to have lunch at the Vineyard with Jan Thomas, wife of the late Roger Thomas, and our long-standing conference agent Rene Simpson.

Rene, Barbara and Jan

Then after a short rest it was time to welcome the first of our delegates to Process Mineralogy '24.