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And the Bush people were obviously correct in their warnings . Mulching reduces water loss and soil heaving while allowing the roots a little more time to grow in the fall . We look forward to hearing more of their exciting stories when we travel back to the UK with them and when they present their expedition to us at Leeds Met in the coming weeks . More disturbingly , we were down to our last bottle of wine . Ian 's sister Pippa and husband John were with us , and we had an unforgettably nice day - - which quite converted Carol to the maritime life . While her interlocutors may not have always agreed with what the Commissioner had to say , they greatly appreciated her candor . ” The Germany-based medieval-music ensemble Sequentia takes you back even deeper into the mists of time ; its CD “ Edda , ” on the Deutsche Harmonia Mundi label , re-creates the chanted recitations with which Icelanders once whiled away the dark winter months . We exaggerate of course , but only a tad . Finally , we have a new young cat , Ari , who Nikki adopted on our behalf ( and while we were away ) following our beloved ( male ) Cleopatra 's demise just after Anna 's visit last Easter . While the audience were enjoying the Thai dancing on the stage , some guests were trying an authentic Thai message and others were learning some basic Thai expressions from posters prepared by Thai students . Everyone is describing this occurrence as a positive ; while we all share the collective goal of reaching Tillman ’ s ( i.e. advanced base camp ) , members have expressed a variety of reasons for their participation in the expedition . We climbed Table Mountain , Ian on foot and Pam by cable car , met at the top for a walk and picnic lunch , and Pam descended the same way while Ian hiked across the top and down into Kirstenbosch , a beautiful public garden on the slopes of the mountain .