Took a trip up the motorway to visit Pretoria, one of the three capitals of South Africa.

It was the stronghold of the Boars and their treck through the wilderness is celebrated at the rather austere Voortreckker Monument. It's full of images of the noble Afrikaner liberating the land for the good of God.

From the roof you get a great view across the city towards the grand Union buildings on the hills across the valley. The presidential office is located here fronted by a huge statue of the first democratic president of the country, Nelson Mandella.

On the way back stopped off at the Sterkfontein Caves where one of our relatives had a little accident. Little foot's skeleton was found here after he died falling 20m into the caves. It was 3 million years ago and NHS waiting times were worse then, so he was never rescued. But his skeleton was preserved and found just 15 years ago. All of us are descended from those living in this area, so he must be a distant ancestor.