They forecast said that it was going to be warm but it turned out to be scorching. Sissi had never been here before and so I wasn’t sure how she would cope but she did OK.

It was apparent as soon as we got off the bus that it was a lot warmer here than at home and it just got hotter over the next couple of hours. We walked about 8 km, which is the climbing of two peaks, last week I did three.

The mountain was quiet today no doubt because it was so bloody hot, but it was also good to get it to ourselves. We did meet a group of about ten that had no mountain etiquette at all. Instead of waiting for us to go down a rough stepped part of the path they just try to push passed, I of course tell them to wait and they don’t seem to understand why. They have so much to learn in this country and one thing is to be aware of other people and also the consequences of their actions, but that is what you face everyday on the streets too.

When we got to the end of the walk the pair of us were soaked to the skin with sweat, we lost so much water. I had two bottles with me and when I got home I would have drunk about three litres of water I think.