In Michaela's footsteps

Thanks to The Beep, I have now become acquainted with the delightful and clearly sensible Michaela Strachan's doings in this her "new home town". It seems Michaela has been with us a while and one of her jobs is the Wildlife Film Academy in Cape Town, launched in January, where Michaela is a tutor, perhaps explaining to students how to crack it as a presenter of The Really Wild Show or Elephant Diaries, of which I wot not. A host of other TV or film microcelebs with a connection to the wildlife thingy are also on board. So the wildlife are about to be overrun with students from the academy, waving DV cameras and sound booms. They'll probably all emigrate to Mozambique.

But Michaela is all right in my book. She says: "Table Mountain is a special place, full of raw energy, and a walk up the mountain at full moon is a magical experience. We normally start at Kirstenbosch Gardens and walk up Skeleton Gorge. It’s not for the unfit – the first half hour is a bit of a killer. You can take a bottle of wine and watch the sunset on one side of the mountain and the moonrise on the other. The trick is not to miss the last cable car back down."

Yes, we love that walk too, Michaela. And I'm sure you have a killer walk of your own. All those sexy pictures I found on Google! Now that is really wild.