Skye Ways and the V&A

Cape Town, South Africa

After a more leisurely start the team split up a bit today. Karen and Geoff took Richard and Martha, with Jenny and Phil following on behind, to the V&A. This gave them their first glimpse of the beautiful drive down the sea front from Llandudno to Sea Point, and also showed them the Clocktower where the boat leaves for Robben Island as their trip is booked for next week, weather permitting as it is still very windy! Grant and Karol had arranged to meet Lawrence and Amanda for lunch at Mano’s on Somerset Rd in Cape Town, and then to go and see the building work going on at Skye Ways. This was so exciting as the last time we’d seen the house it was derelict, with a hole in the roof (after someone had broken in, lit a fire and fallen asleep) and smelt awful. It was a hive of activity, with workmen on the roof, in the house, and it seemed like at least 10 parts of the house being worked on at once! As you can see from the photos the house is going to be stunning, the views over Table Bay are incredible, and it is very distinctively a Lawrence Holmes design! We let the workmen get on with it as they are working to a tight deadline – Lawrence wants the house ready for occupation on December 16th, and drove back to meet up with the rest of the team at Hout Bay. It was a lovely warm evening so we opened a few bottles of wine and braai’d some Woolworths marinated butterflied chicken and coriander sausage, made a quick salad and had a lovely relaxed evening sitting out on the deck.