We were all woken by the sound of a rooster calling, as well as various ducks and birds- they seemed to be congregating outside our bedroom!

It was a gloomy morning, so a sleep in was called for. Around 7.30 I got up and sat in the big comfy rattan lounge chair by the glass sliding doors, looking out at the picturesque views.

When everyone was up we had breaky – fruit salad & vegemite on toast!

The clouds have started to clear- so a few photos are called for.

A top of 26 today.

The sun was finally out so we decided to do a few small hikes around the complex, mikes path & duiker dam trail. This gave us a different view point of the mountains.

Once back we booked a sunset horseback ride.

back & relaxing

Brendan’s first horseback ride… Our guide was ky-a, Brendan’s horse was Misty, David’s – Luna mist and mine was Ruby.

The ride was for 2 hours with a champagne stop at the half way mark.

Misty was a good reliable hose, she just followed along, ruby liked to stop and eat, then trot off to catch up, she also did not like to be last, when ever luna mist came close she would speed up. Luna mist did not like to take instructions from David well, she also like to hang back then trot to catch up. The views were spectacular. We had great weather and only a small light shower 5 minutes from the hotel.

Once back though, the clouds rolled in and we had another thunder storm, it was quick storm, but dumped a lot of rain. It cleared up again & we sat on the back deck watch the clouds and mist formations over the peaks.

Home-made hamburgers for dinner tonight.

Thunder storms all night so far. The rain sounds good on the thatched roof