Monday 10th December.

We left Blumfelde at 05.00 after a veryt warm night when some found it hard to sleep in their huts. It was dark so the driver had even more game to avoid including a family of warthogs which was determined to run in the road ahead of the bus. After an early flight to Johannesburg and a transfer to Port Elizabeth we met our chartered coach and our driver Marius who will be looking after us until the ned of the trip. We were taken to Woodridge College - home of so many SA Gap students who have been to Bancroft's as well as the home for 12 months for a number of post A Level Bancrofctians. Wed were met by Craig Neave, the Headmaster, a good friend of Bancroft's who has spent a sabbatical term with us 5 years ago and who recognised many of the team, some were in the Prep School at the time when he had helped out with cricket! Members of the team were impressed by the beauty of the site and the sheer space, they have 5 cricket ovals, 3 swimming pools, an astro turf hockey pitch as well as countless tennis courts, netball courts and other facilities - all that for a senior school of 350, but they do have sport for all every day!! The boys were entertained to dinner in the school that evening and the staff in the Old Woodridgeans Club.